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PLANTS

Water horsetail

Equisetum fluviatile

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialGreen flowers
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91 cmHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 91 cm. Grows near water and on the coast.

There are 758 observations of Water horsetail in Québec, mostly in Nord-du-Québec, Côte-Nord and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in June and July and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Nord-du-Québec141
  2. Côte-Nord108
  3. Capitale-Nationale96
  4. Estrie72
  5. Abitibi-Témiscamingue43
  6. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean41
  7. Laurentides39
  8. Bas-Saint-Laurent39
  9. Montérégie36
  10. Outaouais32
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches27
  12. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine19
  13. Montréal18
  14. Lanaudière15
  15. Mauricie14
  16. Centre-du-Québec12
  17. Laval6

Habitat

MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
Water’s edgepeupleloup
ShorelineRudy_P
Towns and gardensAlain Rouiller

Similar species

TOXIC
Field horsetailEquisetum arvense
TOXIC
Marsh horsetailEquisetum palustre
Scouringrush horsetailEquisetum hyemale
Meadow horsetailEquisetum pratense
Woodland horsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Variegated horsetailEquisetum variegatum
Smooth scouring-rushEquisetum laevigatum
Common mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris
Threeway sedgeDulichium arundinaceum
Common reedPhragmites australis
Great bulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Garden asparagusAsparagus officinalis