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§1 Plant
Equisetum pratense Ehrh.
vernacular meadow horsetail — species · Equisetaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Horsetail
- Family
- Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC.
- Genus
- Equisetum
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 166 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 166 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Beltrami 27007
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mahnomen 27087
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Red Lake 27125
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Crawford 55023
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Richland 55103
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/EQPR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2687942 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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