SELECTION GUIDE

HABITAT

PLANTS FOR MOIST-DAMP TO WET SOIL:

Eclipta, Filipendula, Scutellaria, Tussilago, Viburnum

PLANTS FOR WELL-DRAINED TO DRY, SANDY OR STONY SOIL

Asclepias, Astragalus, Baptisia, Hedeoma, Hypericum, Marrubium, Nepeta, Onopordum, Vitex, Withania

PLANTS FOR WOODLAND / DECIDUOUS SHADE:

Allium, Aralia, Arisaema, Chamaelirium, Cimicifuga, Dioscorea villosa, Medeola, Osmorhiza, Polygonatum, Rudbeckia, Stylophorum, Viburnum

PLANTS FOR WOODS EDGE, CLEARINGS, PART SHADE

All of the above plus Angelica, Chelidonium, Digitalis, Gynostemma, Leonurus, Lilium, Lunaria, Urtica

USES

EDIBLE - LEAVES, SPRING SHOOTS:

Amaranth, Aralia, Barbarea, Chenopodium, Malva, Perilla, Polygonatum, Rudbeckia, Urtica

EDIBLE - ROOTS:

Allium, Arctium, Codonopsis, Dioscorea batatas, Medeola, Osmorhiza, Platycodon

EDIBLE - FLOWERS:

Calendula, Hibiscus, Polygonatum

EDIBLE - GRAIN:

Amaranth, Chenopodium gigantem

EDIBLE - BEVERAGE, FLAVORING:

Agastache, Foeniculum, Hibiscus

MEDICINAL - RESPIRATORY:

Alcaea, Asclepias, Lobelia, Marrubium, Platycodon, Tussilago

MEDICINAL - DIGESTIVE:

Agastache, Filipendula, Foeniculum

MEDICINAL - NERVE (STRESS, PAIN, INSOMNIA, ETC):

Bupleurum, Chrysanthemum, Filipendula, Hypericum, Lactuca, Lavendula, Leonurus, Nepeta, Papaver, Passiflora, Scutellaria, Verbena

MEDICINAL - TONIC (HEALTH PROMOTING, LONGEVITY):

Astragalus, Codonopsis, Dioscorea batatas, Eclipta, Gynostemma, Withania

MEDICINAL - IMMUNE:

Astragalus, Baptisia, Echinacea, Gynostemma

MEDICINAL - SKIN:

Arctium, Calendula

MEDICINAL - REPRODUCTIVE:

Chamaelirium, Cimicifuga, Dioscorea, Leonurus, Viburnum, Vitex (female); Epilobium (male)

CRAFT:

Alcaea, Calendula, Foeniculum, Hypericumm Polygonum, Rubia (dye); Hibiscus, Urtica (fiber); Anthoxanthum (incense)

HERBAL SMOKE:

Lactuca, Leonurus sibirica, Lobelia, Nicotiana, Papaver, Passiflora, Tussilago

NATIVE WILDFLOWERS:

Arisaema, Asclepias, Baptisia, Chamaelirium, Cimicifuga, Hypericum, Lilium, Osmorhiza, Passiflora, Polygonatum, Rudbeckia, Scutellaria, Stokesia, Stylophorum, Thermopsis