OT: giant horsetail (was equisetum control)
Steve Marak (Tue, 05 Aug 2003 14:24:01 PDT)

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Den Wilson wrote:

Apologies for the off-topic post, especially to those for whom horsetails
are a horrible invasive pest, but ...

Is this a reference to E. giganteum? (Apparently there is another giant
species, E. myriochaetum, and a supposed hybrid between them, E. x
schaffneri.)

Does anyone know where (preferably in the US) one might acquire a piece of
any of these? I'm confident that these tropical plants will not become a
pest in my zone 6 NW Arkansas area, where I have UNintentionally killed
the common horsetail several times, and where finding horsetails in the
wild is not common and is worth a look.

Thanks,

Steve

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