Horsetail (Equisetum spp.) is one of the easiest water plants to grow—and one of the hardest to contain. It tolerates a wide range of soils and even thrives in standing water. This plant has survived ...

Looking at a horsetail plant is like taking a step backward in time. During the Carboniferous period, over 350 million years ago, ancient relatives of horsetails flourished in the first forests on ...

If you snap a giant horsetail stem, you’ll see that it’s hollow inside. It is one of about 15-20 species of horsetails worldwide. They like to grow in colonies, when possible, which is why you often ...

Throughout the maritime Northwest, one of the most dreaded weeds is the scouring rush or horsetail. Our lovely region has been home to quite a few species of Equisetum for millenniums. This plant has ...

If you’re a botanist, you probably recognize Equisetum as a horsetail plant, but if you’re not, like me, you probably had visions of bizarre, exotic organisms. Turns out, I wasn’t far off. Giant ...

A: Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is a primitive perennial native to North America and Europe. Horsetail is the common name for 30 species in the Equisetum genus. Meadow pine, green foxtail rush, ...

A fossil hunt in Alabama turns into a race against time when the site may soon be lost to grass, development, or a shooting range. What looks like ordinary broken rock reveals 350-million-year-old ...

Carboniferous of Europe, a swampy palaeoenvironmental setting with tree-like Lepidodendron (lycopsids) forming a dense forest. Also shown is stem of a giant horsetail -- calamites (the one growing at ...

There are two species of horsetail/marestail, field (Equisetum arvense) and giant horsetail (E. telmateia), whose tendency to take over patches of ground with their impenetrable stems presents a real ...

Horsetail is an herbal remedy traditionally used for its many health-promoting effects. Potential benefits include promoting hair, skin, and nail health. However, limited scientific evidence supports ...

Winlaton Mill, Gateshead: The landscape here is vast and exhilarating, but a close look reveals a curious plant with a link to the area’s coal past When the 12th Earl of Strathmore, a 19th-century ...