Field horsetail is fast becoming a prolific weed in some areas of the Horizons Region and a new one stop information hub is now available on Horizons’ website for concerned farmers and landowners.

The Horizons Regional Council's website has extensive information to help farmers fight field horsetail -- a Northern Hemisphere weed that's rapidly gaining ground. Field or common horsetail is ...

Horsetail reproduces by spores, rather than seeds, as ferns do. But mostly, field horsetail spreads by rhizomes, or underground runner-like stems. Scientists have measured horsetail rhizomes that ...

Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is a cosmopolitan fern widespread throughout the Northern Hemisphere, found in moist sites along roadsides and riverbanks as well as in fields, marshes, pastures, ...

FIELD drains are commonly blocked by the roots ... To find such mischief resulting from the rhizomes (underground stems) of the horsetail (Equisetum) was a revelation to me.

Horsetail is a perennial that grows from underground rootstocks and is native to nearly everywhere except Antarctica, Australia, and New Zealand. You may also know the plant as field horsetail ...

Any suggestions would be appreciated. A: Oh, I certainly feel your pain! Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is one of the most difficult of weeds to eradicate. This weed was the first plant seen ...