[Douglas]

Yes, over the years I have spent many hours pulling this plant out since it is (or was) rampant in some areas or our yard. Last year I realized it had valuable medicinal properties so this year I will probably save some to tincture.

[Douglas]

I will look for my list from a couple of years ago when I identified 54 medicinal species in our yard and/or the woods around our house (there are 20 acres of northern mixed-species forest with several wet spots, and we abut a marsh/wetland). Then I will edit this and list the species.
This is a great idea Katerina!

[Douglas]

I will have to come back to this as the formatting went totally haywire.

• This reply was modified 7 months ago by  Douglas.

[Douglas]

Trying again…

This is a list of plants in our yard, also in our vegetable garden or medicinal herb gardens (cultivated plants are indicated with an asterisk *). We have 20 acres, including 18 wooded acres and we are abutted by a marsh/wetland. All plants listed are within a 10 minute walk of the house. I have arranged them in a not-very-aesthetic alphabetic list and included Latin binomials and sometimes multiple common names.

I am still having crazy formatting issues, but I’ll be back…

• This reply was modified 7 months ago by  Douglas.

[Douglas]

Trying again…

This is a list of plants in our yard, also in our vegetable garden or medicinal herb gardens (cultivated plants are indicated with an asterisk *). We have 20 acres, including 18 wooded acres and we are abutted by a marsh/wetland. All plants listed are within a 10 minute walk of the house. I know I have left some out but they have eluded my recall. I have arranged them in a not-very-aesthetic alphabetic list and included Latin binomials and sometimes multiple common names.

Agrimony (Agrimonia spp)*
Angelica (A. archangelica & A. atropurpurea)*
Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) for the leaf*
Barberry (Berberis vulgaris)
Bayberry (Myrica cerifera)*
Black Birch, Sweet Birch (Betula lenta)
Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Borage (Borago officinalis)*
Burdock (Arctium lappa)
Calamus (Acorus calamus, var americanus)
Calendula (Calendula officinalis)*
California Poppy (Eschsholzia californica)*
Catnip (Nepeta cataria)*
Cayenne (Capsicum spp)*
Celandine (Chelidonium majus)
Chaga (Inonotus obliquus)
Chamomile, German (Matricaria chamomilla)*
Chamomile, Roman (Chamaemelum nobile)*
Chickweed (Stellaria media)
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Comffrey (Symphytum officinale) [probably a garden escape]
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Cramp Bark (Viburnum opulus)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Echinacea (E. angustafolia, e. atropurpurea, & E. pallida)*
Elder (Sambucus nigra)*
Elecampane (Inula helenium)*
Ephedra (Ephedra spp.)*
Epimedium, Horny Goat Weed (Epimedium spp.)*
Erigeron, Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annus)
Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)*
Garlic (Allium sativa)*
Ghost Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)*
Gold Thread (Coptis trifolia)
Goldenseal (Hydrastus canadensis)*
Goldenrod (Solidago spp.)
Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground (Glechoma hederacea, Nepeta hederacea, etc.)
Heal-all, Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Hop (Humulus lupulus)*
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)*
Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)*
Houttuynia (Houttuynia cordata)*
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)*
Joe-Pye-Weed, Gravel Root (Eutrochium purpureum)* [planted from wild seed]
Kinnikinnick, Uva-ursi (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)*
Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)*
Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus)*
Lobelia (Lobelia inflata)
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)
Peony (Paeonia lactiflora)*
Pippsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata)
Pleurisy Root (Asclepias tuberosa)*
Poke Weed (Phytolacca americana)
Poppy (Papaver somniferam)*
Pulsatilla, Anemone (Anemone pulsatilla, Pulsatilla vulgaris)*
Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Reishi (Ganoderma tsugae)
Sage (Salvia officinalis)*
Schisandra (Schisandra chinensis)*
Shepard’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Skullcap (Scutellaria laterafolia)*
Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum Biflora)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
Vinca, Periwinkle (Vinca major, Vinca minor)
Violet (Viola spp.)
White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Wintergreen, Checkerberry (Gaultheria procumbens)
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)*
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)