Where Does Field Horsetail Grow?

It can grow well in drier places once established and it is not uncommon to find horsetail growing in landscape beds, nursery crops, agricultural fields, wooded areas and along gravelly roadsides and easements. Field horsetail does not grow well in shaded areas and will eventually die out if not in Read more…

Is Field Horsetail Poisonous?

Brackenfern and horsetail are toxic when horses eat it fresh (in pasture) or dried in hay. If horses eat a diet with 20 to 25 percent brackenfern or field horsetail for about three weeks, neurological signs may occur. Is horsetail poisonous to humans? People with heart or kidney disorders, diabetes, Read more…