![]() ![]() Tags: #stream banks #NC native #deer resistant #disturbed areas #native annual #food source spring #food source herbage #Coastal FAC #Piedmont Mountains FAC #mammals #waterfowl #problem for horses #Audubon #weed See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: It may be necessary to perform a deep plowing annually in an attempt to prevent rhizomes from spreading. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: It is considered a weed in many areas where crops are grown. It has been used historically in herbal medicines and veterinary uses, and in parts of Asia the buds are eaten as a vegetable. This plant is used horticulturally to make a fungicide for powdery mildew and blights. Note that this plant should not be confused with other species in this genus, or with other plants with similar-sounding common names (such as marestail) that is not a member of this genus. The species name is from arvum (ploughed), as this plant readily grows in disturbed soils. The genus name is from Latin equus (horse) and seta (bristle). This plant is considered toxic for livestock, particularly horses. Deep plowing may be necessary to remove rhizomes. Its aggressive network of rhizomes can penetrate soils to a depth of 6 feet, making it difficult to eradicate once established. Common horsetail readily adapts to a wide range of conditions, but prefers full to partial sun, damp to dry conditions, and pH neutral to slightly basic soils. This feature aids dispersion and helps spores move deeper into the soil. Spores are equipped with appendages, that curl or uncurl in response to moisture. Sterile (vegetative) green photosynthetic stems appear after the spore-bearing stems wilt, then persist through summer until autumn frost. It reproduces by spores produced on a light-brown cone at the tip of a non-photosynthetic stem in early to mid-spring. This plant develops deciduous fertile and infertile shoots. It can be found in savannas, prairies, roadsides, arable land, ditches and disturbed areas. Common horsetail develops thick weedy stands of slender, upright, coarse, unbranched shoots up to 2 feet tall that, when bunched together, resemble a horse’s tail. It is widely distributed in Eurasia and most of North America except for the lower southeast U.S. It is native to temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere and throughout the arctic. See below DescriptionĬommon horsetail is an herbaceous, non-flowering perennial in the Equisetaceae (horsetail) family. Phonetic Spelling ek-wis-SEE-tum ar-VEN-see This plant has low severity poison characteristics. ![]()
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