Equisetaceae
Meadow horsetail
Equisetum pratense
- Family
- Equisetaceae
- Genus
- Equisetum
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- كنباث مرجي
- arz
- كنباث مرجى
- Belarusian
- Хвошч лугавы
- Chinese
- 草問荆, 草問荊, 草问荆, 问荆, 馬鬍鬚
- Czech
- Přeslička luční
- Danish
- Lund-Padderok
- Dutch
- Veldpaardenstaart, Weidepaardenstaart
- English
- Meadow horsetail, Shady horsetail
- Estonian
- Aasosi
- Finnish
- Lehtokorte
- French
- Prêle des prés
- German
- Wiesen-Schachtelhalm
- Icelandic
- Vallelfting
- Irish
- Scuab eich mhóinéir
- Lithuanian
- Ožkabarzdis asiūklis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Engsnelle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Engsnelle
- Polish
- Skrzyp łąkowy
- Russian
- Хвощ луговой
- Slovenian
- Travniška preslica
- Spanish
- Shade Horsetail
- Swedish
- Ängsfräken
- Turkish
- Çayır atkuyruğu
- Welsh
- Marchrawnen y cysgod
Synonyms
- Allostelites pratense (Ehrh.) Börner
- Equisetum amphibolium Retz & Sandm.
- Equisetum arvense f. irriguum Milde
- Equisetum arvense var. triquetrum Bory ex Vauch.
- Equisetum drummondii Hook.
- Equisetum ehrhartii G.F.W.Mey.
- Equisetum pratense f. nanum (Milde) Luerss.
- Equisetum pratense f. praecox Milde
- Equisetum pratense f. pratense
- Equisetum pratense f. pyramidale (Milde) Luerss.
- Equisetum pratense f. ramosissimum (Milde) Luerss.
- Equisetum pratense f. serotinum Milde
- Equisetum pratense f. sphacelatum (Milde) Luerss.
- Equisetum pratense var. nanum Milde
- Equisetum pratense var. pyramidale Milde
- Equisetum pratense var. ramosissimum Milde
- Equisetum pratense var. sphacelatum Milde
- Equisetum sylvaticum var. minus Wahlenb.
- Equisetum umbrosum G.Mey. ex Willd.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 17:32, 12 August 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 17:32, 12 August 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dolza89, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Uliana Bogatyreva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Borealis55, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.