West Highland Flora

Water Horsetail


Equisetum fluviatile

 

Equisetum fluviatile

Photo © Carl Farmer
15 May 2003 Coulnacraggan, Skye

Common in lochs and ditches

Stems typically 5-10 mm in diameter

ID: Stems smooth, ridges very fine, about 10-30.  Usually no branches, if present then scattered and irregular.

Other features: Fertile stems are green like the sterile ones but with cone at end.

 

 

 

 

 

Equisetum fluviatile

Photo © Carl Farmer
31 May 2003 Storr, Skye
Width 3.5 mm

  Equisetum fluviatile

Photo © Carl Farmer

  Large central stem hollow

 

 

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Equisetum fluviatile

Photo © Carl Farmer
18 Sep 2001 Sligachan, Skye

  Equisetum fluviatile

Photo © Carl Farmer
18 Sep 2001 Sligachan, Skye

 

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