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Sheep Sorrel – Rumex Acetosella: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Sour Spinach of Wild Plants

September 2, 2022 by Rachel of the Woods Leave a Comment
Sheep Sorrel – Rumex Acetosella

Sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) is another tangy nonnative edible and medicinal plant in Ontario. It’s very similar in usage to our native wood sorrel. But it’s an ingredient in the popular and controversial Essiac tea. Sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) is common here around Haliburton, primarily in ditches and sand flats. This sorrels clusters of reddish …

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Posted in: Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tagged: American tree sparrows, Antiseptic, Astringent, Cold and dry, Digestive, Diuretic, Edible parts, Field sparrows, Integumentary, Laxative, Meadow jumping mice, Medicinal parts, Metabolic, Perennial, Pink flowers, Polygonaceae/Buckwheat family, Rabbits, Red flowers, Ruffed grouse, White-tailed deer, Wild turkey, Wood turtles

Wood Sorrel – Oxalis SPP.: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Sourgrass of Wild Plants

March 26, 2021 by Rachel of the Woods 1 Comment
Wood Sorrel – Oxalis SPP.

Like red osier berries, wood sorrel (Oxalis spp.) is a sour edible to spice up your culinary adventures. It’s almost as easy of an edible and medicinal wild plant to find as dandelion. We have at least two fairly common sorrels. Firstly, mountain wood-sorrel (Oxalis montana), whose flower looks like spring beauties, only with shamrock …

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Posted in: Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tagged: American tree sparrows, Antiseptic, Astringent, Bees, Cotton-tailed rabbits, Digestive, Diuretic, Dye, Edible parts, Field sparrows, Found in damp mixed woods, Found in driveways, Found in old lawns, Found in sandy roadsides, Found in swampy mixed woods, Horned larks, Integumentary, Medicinal parts, Mice, Native to Ontario, Oxalidaceae/Wood-sorrel family, Stomachic, White-tailed deer

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