What is this? Dark green tubular plant with dark bands

[orgoveg]

Does anybody know what this is? It's a dark green tubular plant with dark bands around "joints". It's not hollow all the way through as there is pith at each joint. It is growing in shade.

[img]https://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh194/abaction/Ringedtubular.jpg[/img]

[cynthia_h]

Looks like Equisetum hyemale. There was a discussion a while back at

https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=48465

I gave some links to photos b/c I didn't have (and still don't...) a digital camera. My neighbors on the other side of the block have quite a stand of these plants, bounded on four sides by concrete, and a good thing, too...

Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9

[orgoveg]

Yep, that's it. Interesting plant. I was just reading that the "leaves" are the tiny frays around the bands. Some are supposed to produce pine cone-like tips, which are full of spores.

AKA scouring rush, as Native Americans used it for scrubbing pots and pans (contains silica).

Thanks, Cynthia.