Equisetum × moorei

Equisetum × moorei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Equisetidae
Order: Equisetales
Family: Equisetaceae
Genus: Equisetum
Species:
E. × moorei
Binomial name
Equisetum × moorei
Newman

Equisetum × moorei is a naturally occurring nothospecies of Equisetum native to Europe and Asia.[1]

The hybrid formula is Equisetum hyemale × Equisetum ramosissimum.[1]

Distribution

The native range of the hybrid is Western to Central Europe, including the Baltic States, Ireland, Iceland and South European Russia as the furthest point in Europe. Additionally, it is native to Asia, namely Japan. It has notably gone extinct in Sweden.[1]

Habitat

Found in forests and damp, disturbed areas, such as clay banks and stream banks.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Equisetum × moorei Newman | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  2. ^ Luxford, George, & Newman, Edward. (1841). The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany (Vol. 5, p. 19). John van Voorst.