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Definition of Marsh horsetail
1. Noun. Scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere.
Definition of Marsh horsetail
1. Noun. A plant in the taxonomic genus ''Equisetum'' (horsetails); ''Equisetum palustre''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marsh Horsetail
Literary usage of Marsh horsetail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Equisetum palustre L. marsh horsetail. Fig. 92. Equisetum palustre L, Sp. PI.
1061. 1753. Stems annual, slender, all alike, io'-i8' long, ..."
2. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"E. palustre L. marsh horsetail. Lake Huron to the Arctic Sea. (Hook, Fl.) UP *78.
E. pratense Ehrh. Thicket Horsetail. Macomb Co.; Flint; to Pine Lake, ..."
3. Michigan Flora: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by William James Beal (1904)
"E. palustre L. marsh horsetail. Lake Huron to the Arctic Sea. (Hook, Fl.) Ü. P.
*78. E. pratense Bhrh. Thicket Horsetail. Macomb Co.; Flint; to Pine Lake, ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1905)
"... on the shore of Lake Huron, I found the marsh horsetail (Equisetum palustre)
to be common and the low selaginella (S. spinosa) frequent. ..."
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