Medicinal
Antiseptic/ Antibacterial
Japanese Barberry
chewed rhizomes
Astringent
Staghorn Sumac root bark
Witch Hazel leaves, barks, and twigs
Bleeding (staunching)
Staghorn Sumac rook bark
Bruises
Great Burdock leaves
Bunions
Indian Pipe juice
Burns
Canada Goldenrod root wash
Common Cattail – fuzzy parts
Great Burdock leaves
Jewelweed
Diarrhea
Common Cattail – ingest flowers
Diuretic
Jewelweed
Dysentery
Japanese Barberry - rhizomes
Emetic (inducing vomiting)
Pokeweed leaves
Fever
Willow leaves
Itching
Jewelweed juices relieve itching from poison ivy, stinging nettle, insect bites
Infection
Jack in the Pulpit roots
Inflamed Eyes
Common Juniper berry juice
Indian Pipe juice
Pain
Jack in the Pulpit roots
Snakebites
Black-eyed Susan - astringent root wash
Sores
Black-eyed Susan - astringent root wash
Dogwood bark poultice
Ginkgo leaves
Sprains
Pokeweed root wash
Swelling
Black-eyed Susan - astringent root wash
Jack in the Pulpit roots
Pokeweed root wash
Toothache
Willow leaves
Warts
Common Juniper berry juice
Indian Pipe juice
Practical
Baskets/Fiber bags
American Elm Bark
Bedding/Shelter
Cottonwood dead trunks for bedding
Eastern Hemlock boughs as lean-to shelter roof
Milkweed down = insulation
Pine – dense boughs of needles as shelter
Cordage/Ropes
American Elm inner bark fiber
Atlantic White Cedar flaky bark
Cottonwood shredded inner bark
Linden inner bark
Milkweed stems
Pignut Hickory shredded inner bark
Fires
Bow Drill
Springy branches of Atlantic White Cedar,
Birch hardwood
Cottonwood – fireboard of bow drill
Great Burdock
Pignut Hickory wood = drill and handle
Pine – dried wood
Fuel
Birch wood – slow cooking
Oak Galls – sprinkled over fire to strengthen it
Pignut Hickory – slow cooking
Tinder
Atlantic White Cedar flaky bark
Birch bark
Cottonwood shredded inner bark
Great Burdock leaves
Milkweed down
Pine resin; needles
Sphagnum Moss (dried)
Fish Poison
Black Walnut nut hulls
Pignut Hickory green nut husks
Insect Repellent
Birch bark oil
Black Locust foliage mixed with sugar (attracts/kills flies)
Sassafras leaves crush
Shampoo
Birch tree sap
Sponge
Sphagnum Moss (b/c of little capillary tubes)
Toothbrush
Birch twigs
Dogwood twigs
Pine twigs
Sassafras twigs
Tools
Chisels/Mallets
Dogwood white wood
Utensils
Birch wood
Water
Pitcher Plant leaves
Edible
Fruit
Apples (Apple,
Cherries (Black Cherry
Crabapple, American (bitter flavor)
Cranberry
Berry – Eastern Red Cedar
Berry - Japanese Barberry (bitter flavor)
Berries (if cooked) – Linden
Wild Grape
Nuts
Black Walnut
White Oak (acorns)
Poisonous
Fruits
Bittersweet Nightshade
Common Juniper berries
Ginkgo fruit (foul-smelling, too!)
Virginia Creeper (often near Poison Ivy)
Flowering Spike
Common Cattail – edible in April May, inedible when mature
Leaves
Black Cherry
Seeds
Black Cherry
All Parts
(to eat) Jack in the Pulpit
(to touch) Poison Ivy
(mildly to eat) Pokeweed
Growth Type
Tree
American Elm
Apple, Domestic
Atlantic White Cedar
Birch
Black Cherry
Black Locust
Black Walnut
Cottonwood
Crabapple, American
Eastern Hemlock
Eastern Red Cedar
Dogwood
Ginkgo
Linden
Maple
Pignut Hickory
Pine
Sassafras
Staghorn Sumac
Striped Maple
White Oak
Willow
Witch Hazel
Shrub
Birch
Bittersweet Nightshade
Common Juniper
Cranberry
Japanese Barberry
Poison Ivy
Sassafras
Staghorn Sumac
Witch Hazel
Vine
Bittersweet Nightshade
Poison Ivy
Virginia Creeper
Wild Grape
Herbaceous Plant
Common Cattail
Flowers
Black-eyed Susan
Canada Goldenrod
Great Burdock
Indian Pipe
Jack in the Pulpit
Jewelweed
Milkweed
Pitcher Plant
Pokeweed
Glossary Words
Acidic (Soils) (Atlantic White Cedar, Cranberry, Eastern Hemlock, Sphagnum Moss,
Alternate (American Elm, Apple, Pokeweed )
Anastomosing (American Elm, )
Annual (Black-eyed Susan)
Biennial (Black-eyed Susan, Great Burdock
Bracts (Pitcher Plant
Buds (American Elm, )
Bud Scales (American Elm,
Catkins (Black Walnut
Compound (Black Locust, Pignut Hickory
Coniferous (Atlantic White Cedar, Eastern Hemlock, Eastern Red Cedar, Pine
Deciduous (American Elm, Apple, Domestic, Birch, Black Cherry, Black Locust,
Black Walnut, Cottonwood, Crabapple, American, Dogwood, Pignut, Hickory, Sassafras, White Oak, Willow,
Dioecious (Black Walnut, Cottonwood, Ginkgo, Linden, Willow,
Elliptical (Apple,
Galls (Oak Galls
Gymnosperm (Ginkgo
Humus (Jack in the Pulpit
Leaflet (Black Locust
Mycorrhizae (Indian Pipe
Ovate (Apple, Crabapple, American,
Peat/Sphagnum Bog (Atlantic White Cedar,
Perennial (Black-eyed Susan, Canada Goldenrod, Common Cattail, Indian Pipe,
Pitcher Plant
Petal (Pitcher Plant
Pettiole (American Elm, Cottonwood, Ginkgo, Pokeweed,
Pinnately (Black Locust
Pod (Black Locust, Cottonwood, Jewelweed, Milkweed,
Pistil (Common Cattail
Receptacle (Black-eyed Susan )
Saprophytic (Indian Pipe
Sepal (Pitcher Plant
Simple (Birch, Pokeweed,
Shrub (see list above)
Spathe (Jack in the Pulpit
Spadix (Jack in the Pulpit
Stamens (Bittersweet Nightshade
Stipules (Birch, Linden, Willow,
Tree (see list above)
Family
Anacardiaceae (Poison Ivy, Staghorn Sumac
Apocynaceae (Milkweed,
Araceae (Jack in the Pulpit
Asteraceae/Compositaceae (Black-eyed Susan, Canada Goldenrod, Great Burdock
Balsaminaceae (Jewelweed
Berberidaceae (Japanese Barberry
Betulaceae (Birch,
Cornaceae (Dogwood
Cupressaceae (Atlantic White Cedar, Common Juniper, Eastern Red Cedar,
Ericaceae (Cranberry
Fagaceae (White Oak,
Ginkgoaceae (Ginkgo
Juglandaceae (Black Walnut, Pignut Hickory
Lauraceae (Sassafras,
Leguminosae (Black Locust
Monotropaceae (Indian Pipe
Phytolaccaceae (Pokeweed
Pinaceae (Eastern Hemlock, Pine
Rosacaeae (Apple, Black Cherry, American Crabapple
Salicaceae (Cottonwood, Willow,
Sarraceniaceae (Pitcher Plant,
Solanaceae (Bittersweet Nightshade
Sphagnacaeae (Sphagnum Moss
Tiliaceae (Linden
Typhaceae (Common Cattail
Ulmaceae (American Elm,
Vitaceae (Virginia Creeper, Wild Grape
Dan L. Perlman/EcoLibrary.org
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