Equisetum praealtum | |
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Equisetum praealtum by the Columbia River at Spanish Castle, Douglas County, Washington | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Subclass: | Equisetidae |
Order: | Equisetales |
Family: | Equisetaceae |
Genus: | Equisetum |
Subgenus: | E. subg. Hippochaete |
Species: | E. praealtum
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Binomial name | |
Equisetum praealtum | |
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Equisetum praealtum,[1] the scouringrush horsetail,[2] is a species of Equisetum (horsetail) native to North America and northeastern Asia.[1] It was formerly widely treated as a subspecies or variety of the European and west Asian species Equisetum hyemale (rough horsetail), and still is by some authorities.[3]