Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: open fields, roadsides, wooded areas
Active Chemical Ingredient: pulchelin
Chemical structure:
Uses: treating cold symptoms, snake bites, remedy for cuts, sores. Poultice made for snake bites, infusion applied externally for the cut
White Pine Tree (Pinus strobus)
Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: forest areas
Season: April-September
Season: April-September
Active Chemical Ingredient: chrysin
Chemical structure:
Uses: by using the bark from saplings to stitch open wounds, and directly putting sap on wound facilitates healing
Shepard's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest
Habitat: waste places, roadsides, pastures, gardens, lawns, and almost any open or disturbed habitat
Season: March-November
Active Chemical Ingredient: Fumaric Acid
Chemical structure:
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Uses of Specimen: Tea is used to clean wounds and stop bleeding
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Eastern Deciduous Forest, Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: waste ground, pastures, lawns, roadsides, fields
Season: April-June
Active chemical ingredient: inulin
Chemical structure:
Chemical structure:
Uses: infections from open wounds or internal bacterial infections by using the sap externally
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