34) Equisetum hyemale

Type: Rush or Sedge

Common name: scouring rush

Family name: Equisetaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9

Height: 60cm-130cm

Spread: 30cm-200cm

Requirements: medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement: rigid, rough, vertically, like bamboo

Flower /fruit description(s): non flower

Suitable uses: better be put in a rock river

Quick ID description: rhizomatous, evergreen, rush, sedge, bamboo like

Bloom time: Non-flower

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