Canada's Plant Hardiness Site

Equisetaceae horsetail family
Equisetum hyemale L.
En: common scouring-rush, tall scouring-rush, rough horsetail, great scouring-rush, winter scouring-rush, shave-grass;
Fr: prele des tourneurs, prele d'hiver

• [=Hippochaete hyemalis (L.) Milde ex Bruhin 1869, non Farw. 1916]
• [=Presla hyemalis (L.) Dulac, nom. illeg. superfl.]