Shavegrass (Horsetail)

Botanical Name

Equisetum arvense

Botany

The plant is a perennial that prefers damp soil. The main stem is 1 to 3.5 mm thick and consists of 2 to 6 cm long, hollow sections with as few as 6 and as many as 19 raised, longitudinal ridges. The sections are separated by nodes, each of which has a membranaceous leaf sheath with triangular-lanceolate, often brown, teeth. Whorls of needle-like leaves sprout from the nodes.

Utilized Botanical Materials

Aerial Parts

Characteristics

Green to gray-green

Slight

None, grates teeth when chewed

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Harvest Months

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