Natural History Museum of Utah, Garrett Herbarium (UT:Botany)
UT0006411
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123073
Equisetum variegatum var. variegatum Schleich. ex F. Weber & D. Mohr
Equisetaceae
M.D. Windham
2231
2000-07-10
United States, Utah, Emery, NW of Huntington in upper Scad Valley on the Wasatch Plateau ca. 1.70 km WSW of the summit (10360) of Seeley Mountain.
39.5 -111.233333 WGS84
TRS: T15S R6E sec 22; 39° 30' N 111° 14' 00" W
2652 meters
8700 ft.
In boggy soil below spring on gentle, W-facing slope.
Carex, Juncus, Thalictrum
Plants perennial from widely-creeping rhizomes; aerial stems monomorphic, overwintering; stem ridges <12, shallowly grooved (especially on sheaths), with parallel lines of microtubercles to either side of groove; sheaths slightly flaring, black-banded distally; sheath teeth persistent to irregularly deciduous, with black centers & prominent whitish margins; cone apex sharply apiculate; spores green, spherical.