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Area: Great Plains
Sci Name: Nicotiana quadrivalvis Trivie: now believed extinct, grown by all tribes along the Missouri River according to Thomas Nuttall |
indian tobacco
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Area: Great Plains
Sci Name: Artemisia (genus) Trivia: Lewis collected four of them |
sage
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Area: Great Plains
Sci Name: Hydrastis canadensis Plant: rare, because pioneers used it medicinally and for yellow dye Lewis: "fine aromatic bitter taste," "excellent mouth water" |
yellow root
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Area: Great Plains
Sci Name: Petalosum purpureum Lewis: "the Indians use it as an application to fresh wounds, they bruise the leaves and add a little water and use it." |
purple prairie clover
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Area: Great Plains
Sci Name: Juniperis horizontalis Plant: low-growing Lewis: "make very handsome edgings to the borders and walks of a garden," Trivia: widely planted in gardens today |
juniper
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Area: St. Louis (native to TX and OK)
Scientific Name: Maclura pomifera Plant: thorny hedgerows, disease and pest resistant landscape trees/, decay resistant barbed-wire posts, yellow in fall Roots: yellow dye Bark: tanning leather Wood: bows, fence posts, carving small objects Fruit: green, cockroach repellent, home decorations Cultivars: thornless + large fruits Trivia: largest at Patrick Henry estate, naming debate |
osage orange
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