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Equisetum giganteum (branched scouringrush)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Equisetum giganteum, with the common name Southern giant horsetail, is a species of horsetail native to South America and Central America, from central Chile east to Brazil and north to Southern Mexico.
View Wikipedia Record: Equisetum giganteum

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Fern
Height [2]  3.936 feet (1.2 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry

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External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0