Equisetum hyemale
L.
Scouringrush horsetail
Equisetum hyemale is a fern that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
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Jepson eFlora section:
fern
USDA PLANTS group:
Horsetail
Do not eat any part of this plant.
Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands
streambanks
Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian, many plant communities
[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: Linnaeus was the first to describe rough horsetail with the binomial Equisetum hyemale in his Species Plantarum of 1753. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
