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FIELD drains are commonly blocked by the roots of trees growing in their vicinity. Sycamore, ash, elm, and naturally willow, are offenders in this respect; oak and beech rarely cause such trouble, at any rate in my experience. To find such mischief resulting from the rhizomes (underground stems) of the horsetail (Equisetum) was a revelation to me.
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PARKIN, J. Horsetail Choking Field Drains. Nature 123, 86 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123086b0
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