This section is from "The Domestic Encyclopaedia Vol3", by A. F. M. Willich. Amazon: The Domestic Encyclopaedia.
Moss-Rush, or GhoosecorN,
Junius squarrosus, L. a native perennial plant, growing on heaths and barren turfy bogs flowering in the months of June and July.— This vegetable indicates a la\ wil: it is eaten iy horses; but, being a very 1ow plant its leves edhere to closeIy to the groin, to elude the stroke of the scythe.l
 
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