Hippochaete scirpoides Farw.
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Authority
Farwell, Oliver A. 1916. The genus Hippochaete in North America, north of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 461-472.
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Family
Equisetaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Our smallest species, forming dense mats along old logs and stumps in open fields, cedar swamps, etc. Well characterized by its three leaves and ridges, the latter so deeply and broadly concave that the stem apparently is 6-ridged.
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Discussion
Equisetum scirpoides Michx. Fl. Bor.-Am. 2: 281. 1803.
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Distribution
Keweenaw Peninsula, Mich., Farwell 212, May 30, 1885. This has much the same range as H. variegata but extends about 2° further south.
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