VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Equisetum sylvaticum | Wood Horsetail 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
In interior Alaska, horsetails (Equisetum spp.) comprise the largest
component of the spring diet of black bears.  Horsetails and blueberries
(Vaccinium spp.) are the two most important plant genera to black bears
in the region [20].


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
Dry matter nutrient content values of wood horsetail collected in the
Wallace-Aikens Lake area, Manitoba, were:  6.7 percent crude protein,
1.36 percent calcium, and 0.09 percent phosphorus.  Dry matter
digestibility was 27.9 percent [35].


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Wood horsetail is poisonous to humans [8].

Related categories for Species: Equisetum sylvaticum | Wood Horsetail