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White Ash – Fraxinus Americana: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Crafty Tree of Wild Plants

April 24, 2020 by Rachel of the Woods 1 Comment
White Ash - Fraxinus Americana

White ash (Fraxinus americana) is a useful tree to know. In fact, it’s one of the top five trees Caleb Kinew Nini Musgrave @canadianbushcraft recommends knowing in our area. The other four being birch, cedar, spruce and basswood. The “white” refers to the pale underside of leaves, twigs, and bark, although it’s really more of …

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Posted in: Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tagged: Astringent, Beavers, Black bears, Cedar waxwings, Digestive, Dye, Eastern flying squirrels, Edible parts, Found in deciduous or mixed woods, Found in deciduous woods, Found in mixed woods, Full sun, Integumentary, Laxative, Medicinal parts, Moist soil, Moose, Native in Ontario, Native to Ontario, Northern cardinals, Oleaceae/Olive family, Partial shade, Pine grosbeaks, Porcupines, Purgative, Purple finches, Reproductive, Ruffed grouse, Songbirds, Well drained soil, White-footed mice, White-tailed deer, Wild turkey, Wood ducks, Yellow-bellied sapsuckers

Jewelweed – Impatiens Capensis: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Snappiest Wild Plant

March 27, 2019 by Rachel of the Woods Leave a Comment
Jewelweed - Impatiens Capensis

Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) is a snappy edible and medicinal herb, known for its exploding seedpods.  It’s handy to have around if you like clumsily rooting through wild plants like me, and end up grazing yourself with stinging nettle or worse – poison ivy. Jewelweed is so named because of the way the dew beads on …

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Posted in: Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tagged: Annual, Antimicrobial, Attracts pollinators, Balsaminaceae/Touch-me-not family, Diuretic, Dye, Edible parts, Emetic, Found in damp or wet places, Found in partly shaded hillsides, Full sun, Integumentary, Laxative, Medicinal parts, Muck or hummus, Native in Ontario, Native to Ontario, Orange flowers, Partial shade, Ruby-throated hummingbirds, Ruffed grouse, Snowshoe hares, White-footed mice

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