Equisetaceae
Field horsetail
Equisetum arvense
- Family
- Equisetaceae
- Genus
- Equisetum
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Common names
By language (69)
- Arabic
- كنباث الحقول, أمسوخ, حشيشة الطوخ, ذنب الفرس, كنباث
- Armenian
- Ձիաձետ դաշտային
- arz
- كنباث الحقول
- Asturian
- Raburrocín
- Azerbaijani
- Tarla qatırquyruğu
- ba
- Ҡырҡбыуын үләне
- bar
- Kåtznschwoaf, Acker-Schachtelhalm, Zinnkraut
- Belarusian
- Хвошч палявы, Земляны арэх, Скрып, Стукі, Таўкачнік
- Bosnian
- Preslica
- Bulgarian
- Полски хвощ
- Catalan
- Cua de cavall petita
- Chinese
- 問荊, 问荆, 杉菜
- Corsican
- Pignuttella
- Croatian
- Poljska preslica
- csb
- Chòszczka
- cv
- Хирти чăрăштăрри
- Czech
- Přeslička rolní
- Danish
- Ager-Padderok
- Dutch
- Heermoes, Akkerpaardenstaart, Akkerpaardestaart, Unjer
- English
- Field horsetail, Common horsetail, Horsetail
- Esperanto
- Ordinara ekvizeto
- Estonian
- Põldosi
- Faroese
- Kannubjølluvísa
- Finnish
- Peltokorte
- French
- Prêle des champs, Prele des champs
- frr
- Rölken
- Galician
- Xestela
- Georgian
- Შვიტა
- German
- Acker-Schachtelhalm, Acker-Zinnkraut, Ackerschachtelhalm, Katzenschwanz, Katzenwedel, Pfannebutzer, Schaftheu, Scheuerkraut
- hsb
- Přaska
- Hungarian
- Mezei zsurló
- Icelandic
- Klóelfting
- Irish
- Eireaball capaill coiteanna, Scuab eich ghoirt
- Italian
- Coda cavallina, Coda cavallina dei campi, Coda equina, Equiseto dei campi, Rasperella
- Japanese
- スギナ, つくし, ツクシ, モンケイ, 問荊, 土筆, 杉菜, 筆頭菜
- Kazakh
- Улы қырықбуын
- Korean
- 쇠뜨기, 뱀밥
- kw
- Lost margh
- Latvian
- Tīruma kosa
- Lithuanian
- Dirvinis asiūklis
- Macedonian
- Коњска опашка, Полска пршлика
- Mongolian
- Хээрийн шивлээ
- myv
- Паксянь уроньпуло
- mzn
- ترکمون ریش
- nds
- Duwock, Abendbook, Ackerduwock, Ackerhermus, Adebarsbeen, Bocksboort, Dafrut, Dannboomke
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Åkersnelle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Åkersnelle
- nv
- Ałtį́į́ jikʼáshí áłtsʼózígíí
- os
- Байраджы къуди
- Persian
- گیاه دم اسب, گیاهٔ دم اسب
- Polish
- Skrzyp polny, Chwoszcz, Skrzyp pospolity
- Portuguese
- Cavalinha
- Quechua
- Ch'iñi kawallu chupa
- Romanian
- Coada-calului, Coada calului
- rup
- Coada-a calui
- Russian
- Хвощ полевой, Пестики, Пистики, Столбунец, Толкачик, Хвощ обыкновенный, Хвощ северный
- sah
- Хонуу боруута
- Serbian
- Rastavić, Раставић
- Serbian (Latin)
- Rastavić
- Slovak
- Praslička roľná
- Slovenian
- Njivska preslica
- Spanish
- Allostelites arvense, Candalillo, Cola de caballo del campo, Equiseto mayor, Hierba del platero, Presla arvensis, Rabo de asno, Rabo de caballo
- Swedish
- Åkerfräken
- Turkish
- Tarla atkuyruğu
- Ukrainian
- Хвощ польовий
- vep
- Oravanhänd
- Welsh
- Marchrawnen yr ardir, Rhawn y march
- Western Frisian
- Rûgebal
- wuu
- 问荆
Synonyms
- Equisetum arvense f. arvense
- Equisetum arvense var. arvense
- Equisetum arvense var. nemorosum A.Braun ex Engelm.
- Equisetum arvense var. nudum Farw.
- Equisetum arvense var. proliferum Luerss.
- Equisetum arvense var. ramulosum Rupr.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: botany08, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: shikeroku from Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.