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Common Cattail (Typha latifolia)

Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie

Habitat: near marshes and ponds
Season: May-July

Active chemical ingredient: linoleic acid

Chemical structure:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Linoleic_acid_shorthand_formula.PNG

Uses: poultice made from pounded roots for burns and sores, fuzz from flowers to treat burns

Resources: Cattail. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015

English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)

Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie

Habitat: fields, waste areas
Season: May-October

Active chemical ingredient: Aucubin

Chemical structure:

http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.82585.html

Uses: treat frostbite, rattlesnake bites, diarrhea, fever, coughing, infections, inflammation, stop bleeding, burns, insect bites

Preparation: fresh leaves for frostbite, roots used for snake bites; decoction of roots for diarrhea, fever, cough; leaf and seed extract (antibacterial); hot-leaf poultice for inflammations and infections; decoction of dried leaves for bleeding; crushed fresh leaves, salve, cream, or poultice for burns, insect bites

Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)

Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: Waste areas, open woodlands
Season: June-September
Active Chemical Ingredient: Adenosine

Chemical structure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine_reuptake_inhibitor

Uses: Root Poultice soothes burns, boils, and rashes

Resources: Fireweed. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015