Equisetum sylvaticum L.

Wood Horsetail

Minimum height	20
Maximal height	70
Life form	Ge
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	S
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
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)	E412
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	8.4.3.3
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	CIR
Conservation status	P
Conservation value (HUF)	10000
Year of protection	2008
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category	VU
Conservation value category	K

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	3
EIV T	4
EIV K	x
EIV F	7
EIV R	5
EIV N	4
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	4
WZ-scale	7
RZ-scale	2
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	1
FS- scale	3-4
RS- scale	2
NS-scale	2
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	4
WB-scale	7
RB-scale	4
NB-scale	4
LB-scale	4
CB-scale	5
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)	292.796
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)	285.200
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)	41.065
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.025
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	7.133

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.