Scouring Rush
A dense mass of scouring rushes (also known as horsetails) grow along the shore of Trillium Lake on Mount Hood's Southern face in Oregon. Native tribes have historically used a tea from this plant to treat venereal disease and for use as a diuretic.
- Copyright
- © 2013
- Image Size
- 2848x4288 / 11.8MB
- Keywords
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Clackamas County, E. hyemale, Equisetaceae, Equisetales, Equisetopsida, Equisetum, Equisetum hyemale, Mount Hood, Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon, PNW, Pacific Northwest, Plantae, Pteridophyta, Trillium Lake, aquatic, forb, green, herb, horsetail, perennial, plant, rough horsetail, scouring rush, scouringrush horsetail, snake grass, summer
- Contained in galleries
- Horsetails
