Medicinal Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Philadelphia

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout...

* An oil is extracted from the seeds. It attains a tallow-like consistency on standing and is used to make candles.

* Black raspberries are high in anthocyanins. * The common wild black raspberry; 1/2" white flowers followed by clusters of delicious shiny black fruit; arching canes root where the tips touch ground.

* It is a deciduous shrub growing to 4-metre (13 ft) tall with bright green shoots with an angular cross-section. * Vaccinium parvifolium is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade with limited availability as an ornamental plant: for natural landscaping,...

* Native to semiconsolidated sand dunes; 900-2400 m. * This is one of ther best species for soil stabilization and reviatalization in cold arid zones where few plants will survive.

* A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe. The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age.

It has thin scaly brown bark. * It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely more. * Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark.

Berberine, universally present in rhizomes of Berberis species, has marked antibacterial effects. * A deciduous species with yellow-gray stems, red fruit; native to the Amur region of China and to Japan.

* A common, invasive perennial weed, to most, with a spreading rootstock; arrowhead-shaped leaves; small reddish flowers throughout summer, produces lots of seed; native to Europe and Asia, common in North America.

* An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M. It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum.

* It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in September. * A decidious Tree growing to 30 m. * With its white flowers it is beloved of bees in May and children in fall for the mahogany nuts.

Leaves & stems are covered with silver hair. Used as a reclamation species on very poor soils. Readily eaten by grazing animals. * A deep rooted legume found on a variety of soils in prairies & open woods.

* It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in September. * A decidious Tree growing to 30 m. * With its white flowers it is beloved of bees in May and children in fall for the mahogany nuts.

* Sorbus torminalis ( syn. * White flowers in May in loose clusters to 4", followed by 1/2" brown fruits, edible when overripe, formerly used in medicine; leaves resemble maple leaves; round, sometimes irregular crown; native to Europe, North Africa,...

An infusion is used internally in the treatment of stomach complaints, diarrhoea and dysentery, anaemia, the spitting up of blood and to treat vomiting. * The flowers support pollinators, including of special value to Native bees, honeybees, and bumblebees.

* It is very acceptable raw and has a superior flavour to sweet chestnuts (C. * It is a spreading shrub or small tree, reaching 2–8 m in height at maturity. * When baked it becomes even sweeter and develops a floury texture, it makes an excellent potato...

* Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding .

* A nutritious starch is obtained from the root. * A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals. * A fibre obtained from the stems is used in papermaking. * The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient.

* Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems , deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals . * Vigorous; 1" white flowers with a slight almond scent beginning in July; native to Europe.

* The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. The fruit contains about 8.3% sugars, 4.5% protein, 1% ash. Juicy and pleasantly acid, they are tasty raw and can also be made into jams, preserves etc.

An aromatic sweet tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves. They are especially recommended for treating diseases of the chest and respiratory system, including asthma, and are also used in the treatment of hay fever.

* This plant grows best in wooded or open areas with well-drained acidic soils. * This is the earliest commercially grown blueberry to ripen * The Lowbush Blueberry is the state fruit of Maine.

Occidentalis) where the range overlaps. * Sugarberry's range extends from the Eastern United States west to Texas and south to northeastern Mexico. Sugarberry has narrower leaves which are smoother above.

Used for making fruit juice, it is high in vitamins and has an attractive aroma. Very rich in vitamin C (120mg per 100g) and vitamin A, they are too acid when raw for most peoples tastes, though most children seem to relish them.

Quercus dumosa revoluta Sarg.) is an oak endemic to California . This plant is often used as an urban tree and medicinal plant. * Quercus durata ( California Scrub Oak , Leather Oak ; syn.

Fortunei is a shrub or small tree growing to as high as 20 m with a diameter at breast height of about 20 cm. * Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity. They are usually multi-stemmed with an open and loosely rounded crown.

* Helenium autumnale is a flowering plant native to North America. * Bright flowers of daisyish form, yellow ray petals and yellow-brown centers, from July to October; forms large clumps; parent of many hybrids; native to swamps and wet fields over much...