sxə́m’xəm’

Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: sxə́m’xəm’

Taxon Name: Equisetum arvense

“Common” Name: field horsetail

Cultural Values:

Ecological Community: Freshwater, Marine

Wikipedia summary:

Equisetum arvense, the field horsetail or common horsetail, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the Equisetidae (horsetails) sub-class, native throughout the arctic and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It has separate sterile non-reproductive and fertile spore-bearing stems growing from a perennial underground rhizomatous stem system. The fertile stems are produced in early

Observational Data:

   First reported: 2010-05-22
   Source: Hunterston
   Last reported: 2016-06-05
   Source: iNat
   Obervation count: 3