Medicinal Crops
This section presents a series of detailed accounts of important native Canadian medicinal plants. Although the material here is not intended to replace identification keys, it should be helpful in verifying the identification of the species.
- Achillea millefolium (yarrow)
- Acorus calamus (sweet flag)
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry)
- Arnica (arnica species)
- Caulophyllum (blue cohosh species)
- Chamerion angustifolium (fireweed)
- Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh)
- Echinacea pallida (purple coneflower)
- Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
- Hierochloë odorata (sweet grass)
- Humulus lupulus (hop)
- Hydrastis canadensis (goldenseal)
- Laminariales (kelp species)
- Oenothera biennis (evening primrose)
- Oplopanax horridus (devil's club)
- Panax quinquefolius (ginseng)
- Podophyllum peltatum (May-apple)
- Polygala senega (seneca snakeroot)
- Rhamnus purshianus (cascara)
- Rhodiola rosea (roseroot)
- Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)
- Taraxacum (dandelion species)
- Taxus brevifolia (pacific yew)
- Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry)
- Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry)