Branched Scouringrush
Equisetum ramosissimum
- Native to:
- Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Verde, China, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Sahara,
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Taxonomy
- Division:
- Equisetophyta | - Horsetails
- Family:
- Equisetaceae
- Genus:
- Equisetum
- Species:
- Equisetum ramosissimum
- USDA Symbol:
- EQRA
Growth Characteristics
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Growth Habit:
- Forb/herb
- Height:
- 100 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Low
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Deer Resistant:
- Yes
- Fire Ecology:
- Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
- Fire Notes:
- Resprouts vigorously from deep rhizomes following fire; rhizome system can extend several meters deep.
Propagation & Germination
- Notes:
- Reproduces primarily via spores and rhizomes; spore viability is very short-lived, requiring immediate sowing on moist substrate.
The above propagation data sourced from Claude AI