Latin name:	Equisetum pratense Ehrh
Botanical family:	Equisetaceae
Growth habit:	Herb
Vernacular name(s):	common horsetail (Eng.) prêle des prés (Fr.) wishgobidjibik (Ojibwa)
Uses:	• Mixed with horse-mint in a tea used in stomach trouble [Ojibwa: 86]. • Roots : Decoction taken as a diuretic [Dene 98]. Boiled with the roots of Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus and taken in stomach problems [Dene 98].