OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 2 taxa in the family Equisetaceae, Horsetail family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Field Horsetail, Bottlebrush Horsetail

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Equisetum arvense   FAMILY: Equisetaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Equisetum arvense   FAMILY: Equisetaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Equisetum arvense 002-01-001   FAMILY: Equisetaceae

 

Habitat: Moist streambanks, bottomlands, moist disturbed sites, road banks, railroad banks

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Tall Scouring-rush, River Scouring-rush

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Equisetum praealtum   FAMILY: Equisetaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Equisetum hyemale var. affine   FAMILY: Equisetaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Equisetum hyemale var. affine 002-01-002   FAMILY: Equisetaceae

 

Habitat: Riverbanks, alluvial floodplains

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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"The following chronological synopsis of flora accounts of Microstegium is instructive: not treated by Small (1933), 'local' (Fernald 1950), 'rarely introduced and possibly not established' (Gleason & Cronquist 1952), 'sporadically naturalized' (Godfrey & Wooten 1979), 'a rapidly spreading pernicious invader on moist ground, too common' (Wofford 1989)... This species has become a very serious pest, now ranking as one of the most destructive introduced plants in our area, forming extensive and dense patches, sprawling over and eliminating nearly all other herbaceous plants. Eradication is very difficult, and considering its obvious colonizing abilities, only temporary." — Alan S. Weakley in Flora of the Southeastern US (2023)