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Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Image ID: 2011/sc62
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Native
Family:
Equisetaceae (Horsetail)
Height: 0.3 to 1 ft.
(shrub)
Blooms: April to
April
Leaf Type:
smooth
Bloom Size: 1.25 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Irregular blossoms
Location: Sandy Creek Trail
Date: 5/9/2011
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.