Hul'q'umi'num' name:
xum’xum’
English Name:
Common Horsetail
Alternative English Names:
Field Horsetail, Horsetail Fern
Scientific Name:
Equisetum arvense
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Description
Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution
Horsetails are primitive plants that are closely related to ferns, despite their quite different overall appearance. The common horsetail is extremely widespread and often occurs in populated areas as a garden weed throughout the coast. This plant produces bushy-looking, branched stems that are green and separate brownish, unbranched stems that bear the reproductive spores.
Cautions
CAUTION: This species may be harmful. It produces toxic or otherwise harmful substances. The young shoots of some species of horsetails are considered to be edible. However, they should not be eaten in quantity.
Language
Hul'q'umi'num' Name
xum’xum’
APA
xum̓xum̓
Speaker
Delores Louie
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