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	Equisetum fluviatile - water horsetail
		Horsetails are the direct descendents of the giant horsetails that formed primeval forests 300 million years ago.
		Horsetails absorb heavy metals from soil, and are often used in bioassays for metals.
		Water horsetail has weak, hollow stems with thin walls that can be easily collapsed, and usually grows in deeper water than other horsetails.
	www.ecy.wa.gov /programs/wq/plants/plantid2/descriptions/equflu.html (295 words)

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		Horsetail is the only species of the family Equisetaceae that is not extinct.
		Historical Uses:Before its use as an herb, horsetail was used as an abrasive cleaner and polish pewter.
		Once it was discovered that horsetail was a healing herb, it was used to treat wounds, stop bleeding, repair broken bones, and promote healthy eyes, hair, and skin.
	www.nutritiondynamics.com /encyclopedia/Horsetail.htm (530 words)

	eng\Horsetail
		Horsetail is widely distributed throughout the temperate climate zones of the northern hemi-sphere, including Asia, North America, and Europe.
		Horsetail is the sole descendant of the giant fernlike plants that covered the earth some 200 million years ago.
		Horsetail is an excellent astringent for the genito-urinary system, reducing haemorrhage and healing wounds thanks to the high silica content.
	www.puralibre.com /html/eng_horsetail.html (896 words)

	Horsetail - Herbal Index - herbindex.net
		The name horsetail arose because it was thought that the stalk resembled a horse's tail; the name Equisetum is from the Latin equus, "horse", and seta, "bristle".
		Horsetails are mostly homosporous, though in E. arvense, smaller spores give rise to male prothalli.
		The horsetails were a much larger and more diverse group in the distant past before seed plants became dominant across the Earth.
	www.herbindex.net /horsetail.html (542 words)

	Water Horsetail
		Water Horsetail occurs occasionally in the northern half of Illinois, but it is absent in the southern half of the state.
		Water Horsetail is a rather slender and medium-sized Equisetum sp.
		Field Horsetail also produces whorls of branchlets along its stems, but its branchlets are more abundant and they eventually become almost as long as the central stems.
	www.illinoiswildflowers.info /grasses/plants/wt_horsetail.htm (628 words)

	Horsetail
		Horsetail (Equisetum arvense), an herbal remedy dating back to at least ancient Roman and Greek medicine, was used traditionally to stop bleeding, heal ulcers and wounds, and treat tuberculosis and kidney problems.
		Horsetail is also used to treat infections of the urinary tract, kidney and bladder stones, and as topical therapy for burns and wounds.
		Horsetail is a descendent of huge, tree-like plants that thrived 400 million years ago during the Paleozoic era.
	www.umm.edu /altmed/ConsHerbs/Horsetailch.html (768 words)

	Andy's northern Ontario wildflowers - lakes
		Water plants grow in open water, near the edges of lakes or rivers, where the water depth is less than 1-3 metres.
		Similar plant: Floating-leaved pondweed is distinguished from Water shield by the junction of the stalk at the base of the leaf for floating-leaved pondweed vs. at the centre of each floating leaf for water shield.
		Horsetails were used by both Europeans and First Nation folks to scour, sand, and file items, such as pots, because the stems contain an high silica content.
	www.ontariowildflower.com /lakes.htm (2272 words)

	Horsetail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Horsetail is widely distributed throughout the temperate climate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, including Asia, North America, and Europe.
		Horsetail is rich in silicic acid and silicates, which provide approximately 2–3% elemental silicon.
		A horsetail tea may be made by boiling 2–4 teaspoons of the herb in one cup (250 ml) of water for five minutes.
	www.kroger.com /hn/Herb/Horsetail.htm (676 words)

	New Ramsar sites and significant extensions in Finland
		The regulation of the water level disturbs the populations of breeding waterfowl and due to further overgrowing of the lake the breeding species declined by 40 percent in 1983-99.
		Regulations of water levels and drainage ditches caused a decrease of wetland species in southern parts to one third of previous numbers; nonetheless, the area is very appreciated for environmental education, birdwatching and outdoor recreation activities.
		Shallow waters are important staging areas for waterfowl during migration and molting periods, and the archipelago is habitat for the endangered Grey Seal.
	www.ramsar.org /wn/w.n.finland_38.htm (7590 words)

	Marginal
		The emerged plants are rooted in the soil of wetlands, the pond edge, or in the pond bottom in areas of shallow water, and have aerial foliage.
		Water Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile) is a versitile plant being found in a wide range of water conditions, it prefers shallow waters but has been recorded in exposed waters to 1.5 meters (5 feet).
		Water Plantain is a species found in shallow water at the mud at the waters edge, it can also survive in deeper water.
	www.broadwaters.fsnet.co.uk /marginal.htm (1359 words)

	Water Garden & Pond Plants for the Truly Inept - Water Gardens
		For someone with a small water garden it is close to being the perfect plant.
		Horsetail rush (Equisetum hyemale) is great if you want to add a vertical element.
		Water lilies must, must, MUST have at least 6 hours a day of direct sunlight before they'll flower.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art34961.asp (671 words)

	Horsetail
		Horsetail is a primitive plant which descended from huge trees that lived in the Paleozoic era (600-375 million years ago) and were the product of the Carboniferous period (270 million years ago).
		Horsetail was long used as a wound healer as indicated by the English herbalist John Gerard in 1597 who quoted uses by Dioscorides and Pliny.
		Horsetail should never be consumed whole or in its raw state, not only because the body cannot assimilate it in this form, but because it can destroy vitamin B1 in the body.
	www.innvista.com /health/herbs/horsetai.htm (940 words)

	Species: Equisetum arvense
		Field horsetail is a minor to important component in the spring and early summer diet of fl bears [28,32].
		Field horsetail continues to be present through succession, occurring under more developed willow-alder communities, as an herbaceous layer dominant with meadow horsetail (Equisetum pratense) under open balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)/thinleaf alder (Alnus tenuifolia) stands, and in the herbaceous layer of closed balsam poplar/white spruce communities [62].
		Field horsetail is dominant in the herbaceous layer by 46 to 150 years after fire and persists into the climax stage (300 or more years) [15,21].
	www.fs.fed.us /database/feis/plants/fern/equarv/all.html (3443 words)

	Pond Supplies & Accessories, Waterfalls, Bridges, Pond Gardens, Water Garden Accessories, Pond-A-Rama
		Debris is removed from the water surface before it has a chance to settle to the bottom of the pond.
		Since a fresh water source is absent in self contained ponds, pumps provide the circulation and oxygenation essential for plant and fish health.
		Water Changes up to 20% will be beneficial however, DO NOT empty and refill a pond to "get rid of green water"...
	www.pondarama.com /gardening-101.html (1514 words)

	Hoerr Nursery: Common Perennials as Water Garden Plants (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Often times repotting these plants into a suitable media for water gardening may be necessary, as our standard mix for terrestrial perennials is primarily composed of bark (this would float away!) Most pond plants do well in an even mixture of silty clay loam soil, and sand.
		Horsetail can be used in water over its crown, if it is adapted to it very slowly over several seasons.
		When utilizing Canna as a water plant, be certain the type of Canna you choose is adaptable to water as there are several distinct species.
	www.hoerrnursery.com /GardenInfo/WATERPerennials.cfm (623 words)

	LongLocks Hair Care CookBook - Free Recipes for Home Made Natural Hair Products
		Poor horsetail rinse through hair and leave in for ten minutes.
		Mix henna using half the water as directed on the package.
		Simmer rosemary and sage in 2 cups of water for 30 minutes, then steep for several hours.
	www.longlocks.com /hair-care-recipes-cookbook.htm (948 words)

	The Golden Gecko Garden Center - Water Plants
		Since water lettuce cannot be sold anymore the water hyacinth is the only commonly sold floater with roots dangling.
		Some of the fun marginal water plants available are water cannas, umbrella plant, both full size and dwarf, marsh marigold with it’s pretty yellow spring blooms, horsetail, water iris, cattail, dwarf cattail, and the tiny cattail, which produces miniature cattail flowers on a plant that only grows about a foot tall.
		Water forget-me-not, pickerel, water calla lily, lizard’s tail, and Japanese arrowhead are some of the shade loving plants that will grow and even flower in the shade.
	www.thegoldengecko.com /articles/water-plants.htm (713 words)

	Equisetum arvense, Field Horsetail, Common Horsetail, Horsetail, Bottlebrush, Foxtail, Horse Pipes, Pipe Weed, Jointed ...
		Identifiable as Horsetail by the upright, hollow, jointed, cylindrical stems with inconsequential and easily overlooked leaves.
		Spores released by the cone bearing stems are dispersed by wind or water.
		Swimming sperm are released by the antheridia and require water for transport to the egg-containing archegonia.
	www.rook.org /earl/bwca/nature/ferns/equisetumarv.html (967 words)

	Horsetail
		In folk medicine, Horsetail has also been used for tuberculosis, profuse menstrual bleeding, brittle finger nails, hair loss, water retention, rheumatic diseases, gout, swelling, fractures, frostbite, and nasal, pulmonary, and gastric bleeding.
		Horsetail gains its name from the bristly appearance of its jointed stems.
		Consult a doctor before using Horsetail as a bath additive if you have a major skin disorder or eruptions of unknown origin, fever, an infectious disease, heart problems, or abnormal muscle tension.
	www.pdrhealth.com /drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/herbaldrugs/101500.shtml (250 words)

	Horsetail
		Horsetail is a very primitive perennial plant with dark-green hollow, jointed or segmented stems 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick with no true leaves.
		Horsetails can be standing in water or in wet areas.
		Horsetail has no known direct food value to wildlife.
	aquaplant.tamu.edu /database/emergent_plants/horsetail.htm (129 words)

	Equisetum - Herbal Index - herbindex.net
		Calamites (Family Calamitaceae) is abundant in coal deposits from the Carboniferous period.
		The superficially similar flowering plant, Mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris), unrelated to the genus Equisetum, is occasionally misidentified and misnamed as a horsetail.
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	www.herbindex.net /equisetum.html (610 words)

	TLC Greenhouse & Garden Center
		If you haven't included a water garden in your landscape, give some consideration to making a pond or water garden one of your projects this year.
		Stop watering when the can is full or if you notice water running off the lawn.
		Water at the Right Time of the Day Early moring or night is the best time for watering to reduce evaporation.
	www.tlcgreenhouse.com (621 words)

	Hoerr Nursery: Best Bog & Marginal Plants for Your Water Garden (Site not responding. Last check: )
		All hardy water plants do best if they are dropped to the bottom of the pond in the winter, the only exemptions on this list are the Typha spp.
		Here are a few plants with floating leaves that are often under used and under appreciated as water garden plants.
		Water Hawthorne produces beautiful white blossoms with a strong vanilla-like scent.
	www.hoerrnursery.com /GardenInfo/WATERPondPlants.cfm (1168 words)

	Horsetail Rush- Water Gardening - Denver Plants
		"Horsetail" can be purchased in the spring at your local Garden Center.
		Plant in early spring at the ponds edge or directly in the pond at a maximum depth of 8"".
		Once established "Horsetail" is very easy to grow.
	www.denverplants.com /wgard/html/equis_hye.htm (76 words)

	Horsetail - Management Options
		Horsetail can be cut and the rhizomes can be dug up but physical control is difficult because it can reestablish from spores and rhizomes.
		The active ingredients that have been successful in treating horsetail include diquat (G) and glyphosate (G).
		Horsetail can be propagated by transplanting entire plants into moist areas during the winter or early spring.
	aquaplant.tamu.edu /database/emergent_plants/horsetail_mgmt.htm (329 words)

	Vermont Wetlands Section - Wetlands Hydrophytic Vegetation
		Wetland plants, or hydrophytic "water loving" vegetation, are those plants which have adapted to growing in the low-oxygen (anaerobic) conditions associated with prolonged saturation or flooding.
		These plants have adapted to anaerobic soil conditions by evolving alternative methods of collecting oxygen such as the hypertrophied lenticels in the bark of speckled alder; the hollow stems of rush and grass species; and the air filled cells (aerenchyma) in the roots of cattails.
		Obligate wetland plants include duckweed, water lily, pickerel weed, cattails, wooly sedge, soft-stem bulrush, royal fern, and water horsetail.
	www.anr.state.vt.us /dec/waterq/wetlands/htm/wl_id-hydrophytic.htm (409 words)

	Horsetail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The horsetails are vascular plants, comprising 15 species of plants in the genus Equisetum.
		This genus is the only one in the family Equisetaceae, which in turn is the only family in the order Equisetales and the class Equisetopsida.
		The name horsetail arose because it was thought that the stalk resembled a horse's tail, the name Equisetum being from the Latin equus, "horse", and seta, "bristle".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Horsetail (739 words)

	Water Gardening 101
		Deep water favorites: Water Lilies either of variety Hardy or Tropical with blossoms that are uniquely varied, lilies are almost always the focal point of any pond.
		Extraordinary blossoms command attention and beautiful foliage contrasts with the waters surface as well as provides shade and cover for fish.
		Mosquito Free Water naturally removes water tension,making it impossible for mosquitoes to use treated water for breeding and drinking.
	www.pondarama.com /html/water_gardening_101.html (1507 words)

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