Moore's horsetail

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Moore's horsetail
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Moore's horsetail ( Equisetum × moorei )

Systematics
Ferns
Class : Equisetopsida
Order : Horsetail (Equisetales)
Family : Horsetail Family (Equisetaceae)
Genre : Horsetail ( Equisetum )
Type : Moore's horsetail
Scientific name
Equisetum × moorei
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Moore's horsetail ( Equisetum × moorei ) belongs to the genus of the horsetail or the horsetail family. These are hybrids that are the result of a cross between winter horsetail ( Equisetum hyemale ) and branched horsetail ( Equisetum ramosissimum ). These plants occur sporadically in Western and Central Europe.

description

Stem section

Moore's horsetail grows as an only partially evergreen , perennial herbaceous plant and reaches heights of up to 80 centimeters. The pale green stem is mostly unbranched or only branched in the upper area and. The teeth of the leaf sheaths fall off more or less early. From similar species, Moore's horsetail differs micromorphologically by the presence of incrustations in the form of transverse ribs below and dots above. Under the light microscope, Moore's horsetail can be easily distinguished from its parent species by collodion prints . Sporangia are rare.

Occurrence

Moore's horsetail is a subcontinental, Eurasian flora element . Moore's horsetail occurs only sporadically in Central Europe .

Moor's horsetail forms loose to moderately dense herds in light, moderately dry (to moderately fresh) lime-rich, basic, nutrient-poor, often sandy to sandy-gravelly sites, as well as on embankments and embankments and in fallow semi- arid grasslands .

This article or paragraph presents the situation in Germany . Help us to describe the situation in other countries.

Moore's horsetail is widespread in the Upper Rhine Plain; it is seldom found on the Upper Rhine and in the Lake Constance area . There he is a character species of the Querceto-Ulmetum from the Alno-Ulmion association.

literature

  • Henning Haeupler , Thomas Muer: picture atlas of the fern and flowering plants of Germany (= the fern and flowering plants of Germany. Volume 2). 2nd, corrected and enlarged edition. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8001-4990-2 .
  • Oskar Sebald, Siegmund Seybold, Georg Philippi (Hrsg.): The fern and flowering plants of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 1: General Part, Special Part (Pteridophyta, Spermatophyta): Lycopodiaceae to Plumbaginaceae. 2nd, supplemented edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8001-3322-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data sheet at The Equisetum-Species (Horsetails) of the British Isles at DELTA by L. Watson & MJ Dallwitz.
  2. ↑ a b Moore's horsetail. In: FloraWeb.de.
  3. ^ Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp.  64 .

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