Common Name: scouring rush, scouring rush horsetailScientific Name: Equisetum hyemale L.Family Name: Equisetaceae - Horsetail FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by spores and rhizomes forming dense stands Stemsupright, evergreen, unbranched, hollow, many ridged and rough, black bands ring the nodes Leavessmall and scale-like, inconspicuous, fused to form cylindrical sheath at nodes, green becoming dark brown-black with age, tan above Other: spore-bearing cones – terminal and solitary, oval, tan