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Field Horsetail

Equisetum arvense

9,954Records since 2000
JunePeak month
122Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb1
Mar85
Apr1,600
May1,552
Jun1,613
Jul1,438
Aug1,165
Sep593
Oct290
Nov114
Dec9

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,136
2Sefton England877
3Highland Scotland307
4Argyll and Bute Scotland195
5Telford and Wrekin England166
6Halton England161
7Liverpool England160
8Suffolk England157
9Norfolk England149
10St. Helens England145
11Essex England128
12North Yorkshire England128
13Cumbria England126
14Cambridgeshire England109
15Oxfordshire England108
7,681 England1,279 Scotland388 Wales103 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,954
Peak month
June
Counties with records
122
Scientific name
Equisetum arvense
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
52,672
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Equisetales
Family
Equisetaceae
Genus
Equisetum
Name with authority
Equisetum arvense L.
Contributing datasets
54

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7924597