Summary description from Wikipedia:

Equisetum sylvaticum in languages:

Belarusian

Хвошч лясны

Bokmål

skogsnelle

Chinese

林木賊

Chinese

林問荆

Czech

přeslička lesní

Danish

Skov-padderok

Dutch

Bospaardenstaart

English

wood horsetail

English

woodland horsetail

Estonian

metsosi

Finnish

metsäkorte

French

prêle des bois

German

Wald-Schachtelhalm

Hungarian

erdei zsurló

Japanese

フサスギナ

Latvian

Meža kosa

Lithuanian

Miškinis Asiūklis

Polish

Skrzyp leśny

Russian

Хвощ лесной

Slovene

gozdna preslica

Swedish

Skogsfräken

Ukrainian

Хвощ лісовий

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Parent Taxon

• Equisetum

Sibling Taxa

• Equisetum arvense
• Equisetum diffusum
• Equisetum fluviatile
• Equisetum palustre
• Equisetum pratense
• Equisetum sylvaticum
• Equisetum telmateia
• Equisetum × bowmanii
• Equisetum × dycei
• Equisetum × font-queri
• Equisetum × litorale
• Equisetum × lofotense
• Equisetum × mchaffieae
• Equisetum × mildeanum
• Equisetum × montellii
• Equisetum × naegelianum
• Equisetum × robertsii
• Equisetum × rothmaleri
• Equisetum × sergijevskianum
• Equisetum × willmotii

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