Scouring Rush
Scientific Name:Equisetum hyemale
Altenative names, synonyms, exist for this plant. See RPC Plant Details and check the refernce websites for additional information.
Synonym:Equisetum praealtum
Common Name Synonyms: Scouringrush Horsetail, Rough Horsetail


NOTES: Native to North America and northeastern Asia. Tough stems, due to a high silica content, were used to scour pots, pans, and floors during pioneer days, hence the common name. Grows in moist soils. Evergreen.

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Scouring Rush
Genus species: Equisetum hyemale
     Synonym: Equisetum praealtum
Common Names: Scouring Rush
Scouringrush Horsetail
Rough Horsetail
Family Name: Equisetaceae  
Aerial stems erect, hollow, with vertical grooves embedded with silica; leaves scalelike and whorled; sporangia-bearing.
Seed Type: Gymnosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Sedge
Identified by:A. Swanson
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