West Highland Flora

Wood Horsetail

Equisetum sylvaticum

Photo © Carl Farmer
26 May 2002 Portree, Skye

Common on moorland, woodland clearings, beside paths, etc.

Stem diameter c 1-4 mm

ID: Teeth of sheaths united into a few lobes, less than the number of grooves on the stem.

Other features: Branches themselves branched and drooping. Fertile stems at first brown and unbranched, later becoming like the sterile stems.

Photo © Carl Farmer 16 April 2003 Portree, Skye Stem 3 mm wide where no sheath	Photo © Carl Farmer 6 May 2002 Portree, Skye	Photo © Carl Farmer 6 May 2002 Portree, Skye
Progression of fertile stems: leaves develop, stems lengthen, cones open and then drop off

	Photo © Carl Farmer 2 May 2002 Portree, Skye
	Young sterile stems