EPPO Global Database

Equisetum arvense(EQUAR)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-01

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: EQUAR
  • Preferred name: Equisetum arvense
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Europe, northern Mediterranean, Morocco, Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East, Central Asia,  China, Himalayas, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, North America. Introduced in Australia, New Zealand

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Equisetum arvense subsp. arvense Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
common horsetail English
field horsetail English
marestails English
scouring rush English
toad pipe English
Acker-Schachtelhalm German
Zinnkraut German
petite prêle French
prêle des champs French
presle French
queue de chat French
queue de cheval French
queue de rat French
queue de renard French
candalillo Spanish
cienudillos Spanish
cola de caballo del campo Spanish
cola de caballo menor Spanish
cola de rata Spanish (CO)
equiseto menor Spanish
herba estanyera Spanish (CO)
hierba estañera Spanish
pinillo Spanish
rabu de potro Spanish
rodero Spanish
rueldo Spanish
yunquillo Spanish
brusca Italian
coda cavallina campestre Italian
coda cavallina dei campi Italian
coda di cavallo Italian
equiseto comune Italian
equiseto dei campi Italian
setolone Italian
akkerpaardestaart Dutch
heermoes Dutch
cauda-de-cavalo Portuguese
cavalinha Portuguese
cavalinha-dos-campos Portuguese
erva-canuda Portuguese
pinheira Portuguese
pinheirinha Portuguese
rabo-de-asno Portuguese
rabo-de-touro Portuguese
åkerfräken Swedish
sugina Japanese
スギナ Japanese
хвощ полевой Russian
agerpadderok Danish
åkersnelle Norwegian
peltokorte Finnish
atkuyruğu Turkish
skrzyp polny Polish
mezei zsurló Hungarian
këputja e arave Albanian
këputja e arës Albanian
këputja maksimale Albanian
kripth Albanian
cola de caballo menor Aragonese
azeribuztana Basque
полски хвощ Bulgarian
cua de cavall petita Catalan
equiset arvense Catalan
wèn jīng Chinese
问荆 Chinese
poljska preslica Croatian
přeslička rolní Czech
põldosi Estonian
αλογοουρά Greek
klóelfting Icelandic
쇠뜨기 Korean
soe tteu gi Korean
tīruma kosa Latvian
dirvinis asiūzklis Lithuanian
boupélh Occitan
coude-de-boup Occitan
barba ursului Romanian
coada calului Romanian
пољска преслица Serbian
пољски раставић Serbian
praslička roľna Slovak
praslička roľnáčka Slovak
njivska preslica Slovene
хвощ польовий Ukrainian