Talk:Equisetidae

message: Parts of this plant are edible after being boiled or steamed. They supposedly taste good with soy sauce & eaten as an emergency food by campers in Japan. The young shoots as they appear above ground, stripped of their outer cortex may be eaten raw. THey have a sweetish taste.[Ref: Fifty Edible Plants of British Columbia - Equisetum species]
:Parts of which plant?  Equisetopsida is an entire class of plants, not a particular kind.  It includes several fossil genera, and I can't imagine eating a boiled fossil. --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:39, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm guessing, just guessing, the user is discussing the one extant genus.  Yes, horsetails have many human uses, although I didn't know they were eaten.  Check out the article on the genus, where this information would be most appropriate.  Thanks for providing a source, also.  You can paste your comment on the talk page to the Equisetum article, and either you or someone else can add it there as appropriate.  --Blechnic (talk) 05:28, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But which species?  The species that I'm most familiar with produce tiny strobili and could not possibly serve as emergency food.  When dealing with edible plants, the species name(s) are critical because some plants are toxic.  The information should then be placed on the article about that species, and possibly on the page for Equisetum as well.  Edibility is not a property of the class as a whole, or even of the majority of members, and so does not belong in this article.  --EncycloPetey (talk) 13:28, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's correct, which is why I've suggested the author of the above message place a message on the Equisetum page, a more inclusive and less dismissive suggestion that could lead to assistance with referencing and including the information, if appropriate, in the correct article.  And in gaining a Wikipedia editor to articles on edible plants, ethnobotany, or Equisetum. --Blechnic (talk) 19:20, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strobilus 

message: There is a product by Tadin Tea called "Cola De Caballo (Shave grass)"... is "Shave grass" Horsetail (AKA Equiesetopsida)? Is "Cola De Caballo" Horsetail? If so should Shave grass redirect here? Should Cola de Caballo have a disambiguation link at the top? Antmusic (talk) 15:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Equisetopsida is a class of plants, including many living and fossil species, so "Shave grass" cannot be the same as this entire group of plants.  --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horsetail 

message: The views expressed all but the first sentence of the last paragraph are unsupported by any reference and appear to be merely opinion. If they aren't supported in this way, I think they should be removed.
--Peter (talk) 09:18, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Even if someone finds a reference, there would be an WP:UNDUE problem the way they are presented now.  Just deleting them looks fine to me. Kingdon (talk) 01:54, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.--Curtis Clark (talk) 04:07, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsupported Claim 

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