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Rough Horsetail

Equisetum hyemale

104Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
26Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb8
Mar11
Apr12
May13
Jun6
Jul9
Aug14
Sep10
Oct6
Nov3
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland11
2South Ayrshire Scotland6
3Cambridgeshire England3
4Norfolk England3
5Cornwall England3
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland3
7Dorset England2
8Aberdeenshire Scotland2
9North Tyneside England2
10Kent England1
11Lincolnshire England1
12Gloucestershire England1
13Cumbria England1
14Nottinghamshire England1
15Cheshire East England1
40 England22 Scotland5 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
104
Peak month
August
Counties with records
26
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Equisetum hyemale
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
831
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Equisetales
Family
Equisetaceae
Genus
Equisetum
Name with authority
Equisetum hyemale L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q263881 · GBIF 2687927