Equisetum fluviatile L. em. Ehrh.

Water Horsetail

Minimum height	20
Maximal height	100
Life form	Ge
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	G
Ujvárosi's life form system	G1 v. G1(h)
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	G
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	G_rhiz

Chromosome number	216
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	21
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	1.5
Nativeness	native species
Residence time	–
Introduction mode	–
Invasion status	–
Area type	CIR
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)	–
Year of protection	–
IUCN Red List category	LC
Hungarian Red List category	–
Conservation value category	K

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	8
EIV T	4
EIV K	x
EIV F	10
EIV R	x
EIV N	5
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5
WZ-scale	10
RZ-scale	0
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	1
FS- scale	5
RS- scale	0
NS-scale	2
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	4
WB-scale	10
RB-scale	6
NB-scale	6
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	4
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.