Equisetaceae Equisetum hyemale L.

Scouringrush Horsetail

Meskwaki - Food, Fodder

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 273

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Scientific name: Equisetum hyemale L.
USDA symbol: EQHYA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Scouringrush Horsetail
Family: Equisetaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fodder
Notes: Plant fed to ponies to make them fat in a week.

RECRD: 1324 id: 13377

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