Horsetail vs Mountain Goat

Equisetum laevigatum compared with Oreamnos americanus

Key Differences

• Horsetail is Not Evaluated while Mountain Goat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Horsetail	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Equisetales (Equisetales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Equisetaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Equisetum	Oreamnos
Species	Equisetum laevigatum	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Horsetail

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Horsetail	Mountain Goat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Horsetail

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.