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Black throated green warbler

Eastern Hemlock – Tsuga Canadensis: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Porcupine Tree of Wild Plants

Eastern Hemlock – Tsuga Canadensis

A favourite of porcupines, hemlock is a tree that’s beneficial to countless wildlife. It also has many edible, medicinal and craft uses. Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) can be found in moist hardwood forests. I know people hereabouts with a mature hemlock forest for a backyard. On the 100 acre I frequent, I’ve had to go …

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Categories Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tags Antiseptic, Astringent, Beavers, Beetles, Black throated blue warbler, Black throated green warbler, Black-capped chickadees, Blackburnian warbler, Counterirritant, Crossbills, Deer mice, Diuretic, Dye, Edible parts, Expectorant, Found in moist deciduous woods, Hermit thrushes, Immune, Integumentary, Magnolia warbler, Medicinal parts, Mice, Native to Ontario, Northern parula warbler, Pinaceae/Pine family, Pine siskins, Porcupines, Red crossbill, Red squirrels, Respiratory, Rose-breasted grosbeaks, Ruby-throated hummingbirds, Styptic, Warblers, White-footed mice, White-tailed deer, White-winged crossbills, Yellow-bellied sapsuckers
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