Eleocharis equisetoides, with common names including horsetail spike-rush, jointed spike-rush, spikesedge, and knotted spike-rush, is a plant species native to the United States and Ontario, usually in freshwater wetland areas. It is known primarily from the Atlantic coastal plain from Texas to Massachusetts, and the Great Lakes region, with scattered populations elsewhere.
From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Horsetail Spikerush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eleocharis interstincta
- Eleocharis dulcis
- Eleocharis cellulosa
- Eleocharis quadrangulata
- Eleocharis mutata
- Eleocharis sphacelata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
- Species
- Eleocharis equisetoides
Found one? Take a photo and B.inomen will suggest what it is, free.
Check your photo