Scouring rush, Equisetum hyemale, is a horsetail of the family Equisetaceae found across much of the Northern Hemisphere, distinguished from most other horsetails by its unbranched, hollow, jointed evergreen stems that persist through winter. Its stem walls contain substantial amounts of silica, giving the plant a gritty texture that led early American and European settlers to use bundles of the stems to scour pots and polish wood and metal, a practical use reflected directly in its common name.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleInvasive or Introduced Species 3 Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 3 Living or Extinct Comparison
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Source Wikidata: Scouring Rush
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1. Equisetum praealtum (Wikipedia)
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Equisetum praealtum, the scouringrush horsetail, is a species of Equisetum (horsetail) native to North America and northeastern Asia.
2. GBIF Species API
3. Scouring Rush (Wikipedia)
- In some areas the species are considered weeds or invasive
- have been prepared as food or folk medicine
View the Source4. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ66491651, descriptionView the Source 5. NatureServe Explorer: Equisetum praealtum
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"roundedGRank": "G5"
6. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae
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7. Wikidata: Scouring Rush
Child Taxon Of: Horsetail, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q28114 (Horsetail)View the Source Plant (Wikipedia)
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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