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Wild cherry bark comes from the black cherry tree (Prunus serotina), a tall forest tree of eastern North America — and for well over a century its aro..

Red root (Ceanothus americanus) is the plant behind a small piece of American history: when colonists boycotted British tea in the run-up to the Revol..

Lomatium (Lomatium dissectum) — fernleaf biscuitroot — is one of the great medicinal roots of the North American West, and one of the least familiar o..

Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) is a small woodland plant of eastern North America with an outsized reputation — and one thing about it that any hon..

Sweet violet (Viola odorata) is the small purple flower that scents European woodland edges in early spring — and one of the most quietly remarkable p..

Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium) is the holly-leaved evergreen of the Pacific Northwest — and one of the classic bitter roots of North American herba..

The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is the flower that turns whole hillsides orange after a wet winter — and, less obviously, a long-stand..

The olive tree (Olea europaea) gave the Mediterranean its oil, its symbolism and — less famously — one of its most studied leaves. While the fruit and..

Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is the tall, silver-leaved plant you have almost certainly walked past — on roadsides, railway banks and neglected ground ..

Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) is the herb European gardeners have grown for calm for the better part of a thousand years. Crush a leaf and you get ..

Cordyceps is the stamina mushroom — and the one where it matters most to be precise about species. The legend belongs to a rare wild fungus of the Him..

Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is the most storied mushroom in East Asian tradition — the lingzhi, once reserved for emperors and painted into scrolls as ..