Scouring Rush

Synonyms:   Scouringrush Horsetail, Rough Horsetail

Scientific Name:   Equisetum hyemale


Not a rush but a horsetail. 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 areas. Evergreen.

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Genus species: Equisetum hyemale
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