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White Spruce – Picea Glauca: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Top Tip of Wild Plants

White Spruce - Picea Glauca

White spruce (Picea glauca) is one of the first edible and medicinal plants I enjoy come spring. Its new fresh green tips are a popular forage – a top tip! These next two edible and medicinal wild plants are very similar: white spruce and white pine. They’re named for the white crust that often coats …

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Categories Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tags American goldfinches, Antiseptic, Black bears, Carminative, Chipping sparrows, Diaphoretic, Dry soil, Dye, Edible parts, Evening grosbeaks, Expectorant, Found in high dry sandy areas, Found in low damp areas, Found in mixed woods, Found in pure stands, Full sun, Grouse, Integumentary, Medicinal parts, Mockingbirds and mimics, Moist soil, Mourning doves, Muscular, Native to Ontario, Partial shade, Pinaceae/Pine family, Porcupines, Red squirrels, Red-breasted nuthatches, Respiratory, Skeletal, Snowshoe hares, Well drained soil, Wet soil, White-winged crossbills
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