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Record 1 2025-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Algae
Universal entry(ies)
Laminaria digitata
Latin
OBS

A type of algae of the family Laminariaceae.

OBS

horsetail kelp : Trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Key term(s)
  • oar weed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Algues
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Laminaria digitata
Latin
OBS

Type d'algues de la famille des Laminariaceae.

OBS

laminaire digitée : Nom français commercial normalisé par l'Office de la langue française et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Algas
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Laminaria digitata
Latin
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Record 2 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Grypus equiseti
Latin
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Brachyceridae.

Key term(s)
  • horsetail water weevil

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Grypus equiseti
Latin
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Brachyceridae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Hippuriphila canadensis
Latin
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Chrysomelidae.

Key term(s)
  • bracketed fleabeetle
  • horsetail fleabeetle
  • horse-tail flea beetle
  • horse-tail fleabeetle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Hippuriphila canadensis
Latin
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Chrysomelidae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Eleocharis equisetoides
Latin
Scirpus equisetoides
Latin
Eleocharis elliottii
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

OBS

knotted spikerush: common name also used to refer to the species Eleocharis interstincta.

Key term(s)
  • horsetail spike rush
  • horse-tail spikerush
  • horse-tail spike rush
  • jointed spike rush
  • knotted spike rush
  • jointed spike-sedge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Eleocharis equisetoides
Latin
Scirpus equisetoides
Latin
Eleocharis elliottii
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum hyemale
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Equisetaceae.

OBS

scouring-rush: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

OBS

smooth scouring rush: common name also used to refer to the species Equisetum laevigatum.

Key term(s)
  • scouringrush horse tail
  • scouring rush horsetail
  • scouring rush horse tail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum hyemale
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Équisétacées.

OBS

prêle d'hiver : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum laevigatum
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Equisetaceae.

OBS

smooth scouring rush: common name also used to refer to the species Equisetum hyemale.

Key term(s)
  • smooth scouringrush
  • smooth horse tail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum laevigatum
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Equisetaceae.

Spanish

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Record 7 2019-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Asclepias subverticillata
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Apocynaceae.

OBS

whorled milkweed: common name also used to refer to the species Asclepias verticillata.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Asclepias subverticillata
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Apocynaceae.

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Algae
Universal entry(ies)
Chara
Latin
DEF

A genus of algae of the family Characeae (Stonewort family). Almost cosmopolitan; fresh water lakes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Algues
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Chara
Latin
DEF

Algue et genre de la famille des Characeae. Presque cosmopolite; eaux douces.

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum scirpoides
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Equisetaceae.

Key term(s)
  • sedge-like horsetail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum scirpoides
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Equisetaceae.

Key term(s)
  • prèle faux-scirpe
  • prèle scirpoïde

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum arvense
Latin
Equisetum arvense var. boreale
Latin
Equisetum calderi
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Equisetaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum arvense
Latin
Equisetum arvense var. boreale
Latin
Equisetum calderi
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Equisetaceae.

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum palustre
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Equisetaceae.

OBS

marsh horsetail : preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds(2003).

Key term(s)
  • marsh horse tail
  • marsh horse-tail
  • marsh-horsetail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum palustre
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Equisetaceae.

OBS

prêle des marais : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Key term(s)
  • prèle palustre

Spanish

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Record 12 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum pratense
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Equisetaceae.

Key term(s)
  • meadow-horsetail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum pratense
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Equisetaceae.

Key term(s)
  • prèle des prés

Spanish

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Record 13 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum xlitorale
Latin
OBS

A plant (a hybrid between Equisetum arvense and Equisetum fluviatile) of the family Equisetaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum xlitorale
Latin
OBS

Plante hybride (Equisetum arvense et Equisetum fluviatile) de la famille des Equisetaceae.

Key term(s)
  • prèle littorale
  • prèle de littoral

Spanish

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Record 14 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum variegatum
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Equisetaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum variegatum
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Equisetaceae.

Key term(s)
  • prèle panachée

Spanish

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Record 15 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum fluviatile
Latin
Equisetum limosum
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Equisetaceae.

OBS

water horsetail : preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds(2003).

Key term(s)
  • swamp horse-tail
  • swamp horse tail
  • swamp-horsetail
  • water horse tail
  • water horse-tail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum fluviatile
Latin
Equisetum limosum
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Equisetaceae.

OBS

prêle fluviatile : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 16 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum sylvaticum
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Equisetaceae.

OBS

woodland horsetail : preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds(2003).

Key term(s)
  • woodland horse tail
  • woodland horse-tail
  • wood horse tail
  • wood horse-tail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum sylvaticum
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Équisétacées.

OBS

prêle des bois : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 17 2012-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum
Latin
OBS

Rhizomes perennial, jointed, branched, widely creeping, dark-colored, often tuber-bearing, the nodes provided with toothed, often felted sheaths; ... Stem erect to depressed, simple to branched, cylindrical, the surface regularly striated, overlaid with teeth, dots, bands, rosettes or a smooth coat of silex; ... Prothallus found in damp places ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum
Latin
DEF

Plante cryptogame vasculaire vivace, à longs rhizomes traçants, à tiges stériles portant des verticilles de rameaux fins, à tiges fertiles terminées par un épi sporifère, des terrains humides.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Equisetum
Latin
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Record 18 2012-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
Equisetum telmateia subsp. braunii
Latin
Equisetum braunii
Latin
Equisetum maximum
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Equisetaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Equisetum telmateia subsp. braunii
Latin
Equisetum braunii
Latin
Equisetum maximum
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Equisetaceae.

Spanish

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Record 19 2009-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cosmetology
  • Personal Esthetics
  • Pharmacology
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
71011-23-9
CAS number
CONT

Equisetum Arvense Extract is an extract of the sterile caules of the horsetail, Equisetum arvense, Equisetaceae. Functions : emollient, astringent, tonic, soothing.

Key term(s)
  • extract of Equisetum arvense

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cosmétologie
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
  • Pharmacologie
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
71011-23-9
CAS number
OBS

Extrait des tiges stériles de la prêle, Equisetum arvense, Équisétacées. Usages : émollient, agent astringent, tonifiant, agent apaisant.

OBS

Equisetum arvense : le nom latin s'écrit en italique.

Spanish

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Record 20 2004-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Economic Geology
DEF

... a major vein dividing or fraying into smaller fissures.

CONT

Deposits range from simple veins to anastomosing and reticulate veins ..., vein sets, vein breccia, local stockworks, and horsetails.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
CONT

À Butte [Montana], un champ filonien d'une extrême complexité géométrique, avec des filons ramifiés en «queue de cheval», est encaissé dans un massif de monzonite quartzique [...]

CONT

Le gisement de Chuquicamata, Chili, [...] est [...] comparable à celui de Butte, c'est-à-dire caractérisé par un réseau de filons très complexes, avec queues de cheval, mis en place dans une zone très fracturée.

Spanish

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Record 21 1999-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Economic Geology
DEF

An arrangement in the shape of a horsetail, of closely spaced mineralized fissures emanating from major veins and forming together a stockwork.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Lorsque les fissures d'extension se branchent sur l'extrémité d'une grande fracture, on a un dispositif en «queue de cheval»; c'est le cas de certaines zones du réseau filonien de Butte, Montana [...]

CONT

La «queue de cheval» [...] présente de beaux exemples dans certaines parties des gisements de Butte [...]

Spanish

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