Horsetail family

Equisetaceae · 9 species

In Québec, the family Equisetaceae (order Equisetales) counts 9 species of plants. The stars? Field horsetail, Woodland horsetail and Water horsetail, the most often observed. The richest region: Bas-Saint-Laurent, with 8 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Bas-Saint-Laurent8
  2. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean8
  3. Capitale-Nationale8
  4. Mauricie8
  5. Estrie8
  6. Outaouais8
  7. Abitibi-Témiscamingue8
  8. Côte-Nord8
  9. Nord-du-Québec8
  10. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine8
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches8
  12. Laval8
  13. Lanaudière8
  14. Laurentides8
  15. Montérégie8
  16. Centre-du-Québec8
  17. Montréal7