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Great Horsetail

Equisetum telmateia

2,294Records since 2000
MayPeak month
80Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb14
Mar87
Apr333
May386
Jun342
Jul311
Aug280
Sep177
Oct98
Nov74
Dec23

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England133
2North Yorkshire England108
3Essex England84
4Isle of Wight England62
5Dorset England51
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland47
7Cheshire East England43
8Norfolk England41
9Kent England38
10Telford and Wrekin England37
11Oxfordshire England35
12Suffolk England33
13St. Helens England33
14Gwynedd Wales31
15Gloucestershire England30
1,667 England45 Scotland136 Wales36 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,294
Peak month
May
Counties with records
80
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Equisetum telmateia
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,867
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Equisetales
Family
Equisetaceae
Genus
Equisetum
Name with authority
Equisetum telmateia Ehrh.
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q936546 · GBIF 2687943