APHOTOFLORA

An online educational resource and botanical image library dedicated to
the flora; wildflowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, liverworts and mosses, found in
South-West England, mostly around Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Equisetum variegatum - Variegated Horsetail (Horsetail Images)
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Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- shoot tip 1

Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- shoot tip 2

Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- shoot tip 3

Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- shoot 1

Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- shoot 2

Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- shoot with rule 1

Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- plants / shoots 1

Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- plants / shoots 2

Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- plants / shoots 3

Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- stem section 1

Variegated Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum
- dune slack habitat 1

Images of species taken of plants growing in dune slack at Upton Towans, near Hayle, Cornwall. 30.09.12.

Equisetum variegatum is a nationally scarce species and at Upton Towans it can be easily overlooked. It is much smaller than other horsetails found there, and often, just a few inches long, and found growing prostrate amongst rabbit grazed grasses in seasonally flooded dune slacks. An important species to report where and when found.

 

Equisetum variegatum Variegated Horsetail Horsetail Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the flora of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but a few species may only be determined by observing microscopic differences that are characteristic to any one species.