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	Equisetum fluviatile  L.

Fam.: Equisetaceae / Horsetail Fam.

Synon.:  Equisetum limosum  L.

Genus:  Equisetum  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Equisetum:		equus = horse, seta = bristle
	fluviatile:		growing in or at the river
	limosum:		muddy

Fig. 1:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Günzburg 18.4.2009

Fig. 2:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Günzburg 18.4.2009

Fig. 3:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Günzburg 18.4.2009

Fig. 4:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Günzburg 22.5.2009

Fig. 5:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Günzburg 22.5.2009

Fig. 6:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Günzburg 22.5.2009

Fig. 7:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Kempten 22.5.2009

Fig. 8:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Kempten 22.5.2009

Fig. 9:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Kempten 22.5.2009

Fig. 10:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Memmingen 22.5.2009

Fig. 11:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Odenwald, Airlenbach 26.7.2013

Fig. 12:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Odenwald, Airlenbach 26.7.2013

Fig. 13:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Odenwald, Airlenbach 26.7.2013

Fig. 14:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Odenwald, Airlenbach 26.7.2013

Fig. 15:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail D Odenwald, Airlenbach 26.7.2013

Fig. 16:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail F Mont Aigoual 29.5.2009

Fig. 17:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail F Mont Aigoual 29.5.2009

Fig. 18:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail E Pyrenees, Barruera in Boi - Valley 16.8.2006

Fig. 19:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail F Serres 10.6.2006

Fig. 20:  Equisetum fluviatile / Water Horsetail F Serres 10.6.2006

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