Clubmosses & Horsetails

Lesser Clubmoss Family - Selaginellaceae

Mediterranean Clubmoss Selaginella denticulata

Native throughout the Mediterranean Region. Uncommon on shady rocks.


Habit	Habit	Leaves	Leaves

Horsetail Family - Equisetaceae

Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense

Widespread throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere. In a wide range of often damp habitats and cultivated ground.


Prostrate stems	Upright stems	Upright stems	Upright stems

Leaf sheaths and branches	Cones

Branched Horsetail Equisetum ramosissimum

Native throughout temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa. In damp, shady places.


Habit	Young branches	Leaf sheaths	Leaf sheaths

Beanching stems	Beanching stems	Young cone	Mature cone

Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia

Native throughout Europe to the Mediterranean Basin and Middle East. In wet, shady places.


Habit	Young branches	Leaf sheaths	Cones

Joint-pine Family - Ephedraceae

Leafless Joint-pine Ephedra foeminea

(Ephedra fragilis ssp. campylopoda) Native from Italy, south and east to the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa. A strong-growing, scrambling and often pendulous species.


Habit	Leaves	Leaves	Flower buds

Buds	Branchlets

Flora of Lesvos An Identification Guide