Scouring-rush

Leaves are very small and arranged in circles around the stem at each node giving it a banded appearance. This is a fern ally and reproduces by spores.



Water gardens, edges of retention ponds, rain gardens or bioswales.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

This plant will spread.

Provides good cover at the edges of waterways or ponds.

Sandy soils in river floodplains, lake edges, ditches, sloughs.

• Interesting foliage