Scouring rush

Scouring Rush
Scouring Rush
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Scouring Rush
Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)
Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family) ...

Scouring Rush Horsetail;
aka, Dutch Rush
A primitive plant that has been in the world since the Age of Amphibians in Carboniferous swamp forests millions of years before the dinosaurs, ...

Scouring rush's erect jointed stems make a dramatic and stylish addition to bog gardens and fish ponds. Click to download a large version (800x600) of this image.

Equisetum hyemale - scouring rush horsetail
Eriocaulon decangulare - ten-angle pipewort
Fuirena scirpoidea - rush fuirena ...

Variegated Scouring Rush [English]: Equisetum variegatum
Variegated Scouring-Rush [English]: Equisetum variegatum
Variegated Scouring-Rush [English]: Equisetum variegatum var. variegatum Schleich. ex F.Weber & D.M.H.Mohr ...

(k´´wstf´t), small division of the plant kingdom consisting of the plants commonly called horsetails and scouring rushes. Equisetum, the only living genus in this division, is descended evolutionarily from tree-sized fossil plants.

Scouring Rush (Equisetum hyemale)
Screwbean (Prosopis pubescens)
Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens)
Sea Green Juniper (Juniperus chinensis 'Sea Green')
Sea Holly (Eryngium alpinum 'Superbum')
Sea Holly (Eryngium giganteum) ...

The cylindrical and hollow stems retain large quantities of silica, hence another common name Scouring Rush, which give them an abrasive quality which was used for centuries to smooth the shafts of arrows, polish suits of armor, ...

It is also called Scouring Rush, and by old writers Shavegrass, and was formerly much used by white smiths and cabinet-makers.

Equisetum hyemale (rough horsetail or scouring rush), known in South Africa as snake grass[1], is a species of horsetail native to moist forests, forest edges and stream banks, swamps and fens throughout the Holarctic Kingdom.

common horsetail, corn horsetail, field horsetail, foxtail, foxtail rush, foxtail-rush, horse pipes, horsetail, horsetail fern, joint grass, joint weed, mare's tail, meadow pine, meadowpine, paddock-pipes, pine grass, pine-grass, rush, scouring rush, ...

(familia), Equiseto menor (castellano), Equisetum minoris (sinónimo), Eztañu-belar (vasco), Field horsetail (inglés), Kweet-cheong (chino), Po-ku-ts'ao (chino), Prêle des champs (francés), Rabo de cavalo (gallego y/o portugués), Scouring rushes ...

See also: Horsetail, Equisetum hyemale, Green, Rush, Grass