Equisetum telmateia, the great horsetail, is a species of Equisetum (horsetail) native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. It was formerly widely treated in a broader sense including a subspecies (subsp. braunii) in western North America, but this is now treated as a separate species, Equisetum braunii.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Great horsetail 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.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Equisetales
- Family
- Equisetaceae
- Genus
- Equisetum
- Species
- Equisetum telmateia
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