Equisetum arvense - also known as horsetail (Getty Images) Most gardeners are so absorbed in planting at the start of the season that they ignore early weeding. Weeds are just not on the list.

Horsetail, or Equisetum arvense, is an herb that has historically been used as a diuretic to make you urinate more frequently. Diuretics affect the kidneys, increasing the amount of water and salt ...

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Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is a cosmopolitan fern widespread throughout the Northern Hemisphere, found in moist sites along roadsides and riverbanks as well as in fields, marshes, pastures, ...

There are two species of horsetail/marestail, field (Equisetum arvense) and giant horsetail (E. telmateia), whose tendency to take over patches of ground with their impenetrable stems presents a real ...