Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Equisetum L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Equisetum (Tourn.) L.

Common names:

Horsetail (1818-Present) (1, 4, 10, 14, 37, 50, 126, 138, 148, 155, 158)

Joint-rush [Joint rush] (1830) (37)

Mande idhe shnaha (1830, Omaha-Ponca, to make a bow smooth) (37)

Pakarut (1830, Pawnee) (37)

Prele (1850) (28)

Pull-pipes [Pull pipes] (1876?) (92)

Rushes (1806) (35)

Scouring-rush [Scouring rush] (1919-1986) (4, 37, 126, 148)

Shangga wathata (1830, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

Snakegrass (1830) (37)