and the 2 “exotics” will most likely be here until the next glaciers, perhaps surviving along with the NW’s 5 horsetail species found in the Gardens, each predating the dinosaurs. After clear cutting of timber around the Farm, Sword Ferns, Salmonberries, and the exotic
blackberries are the first plants to grow after spraying with herbicides (the County used Agent Orange along 300th in the 1950s). How many times we wonder, can we flood the slopes with deciduous plant poisons, starting only a few years ago, and expect the horsetail and other species to survive?
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Equisetum+arvense
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Equisetum arvense
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equisetum_arvense
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=EQAR
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Equisetum&Species=arvense&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
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