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100
Multiple Choice:
(A) Anaphalis margaritacea -
Western pearly everlasting (perfume/ash from flowers are used to revive stroke victims)
(B) Prunus nigra - Canadian Plum (Food/bark as dye)
(C) Cirsium vulgare - Bull thistle (relieve stomach cramps)
Answer: (B)
Scientific/Common Name: Prunus nigra - Canadian Plum
Traditional Name/Usage: Food/bark as dye
100
Multiple Choice:
(A) Ostrya virginiana - Hophornbeam (tonic/lung and kidney remedies)
(B) Heliopsis helianthoides - Smooth oxeye (Stimulant)
(C) Escobaria vivipara - Spinystar (fruit/flower - eaten raw or cooked)
Answer: (C)
Scientific/Common Name: Escobaria vivipara - Spinystar
Traditional Name/Usage: fruit/flower - eaten raw or cooked)
100
Multiple Choice:
(A) Liatris scariosa - Devils bite (leaves used for childrens diarrhea)
(B) Pedicularis canadensis - Canadian lousewort (Aphrodisiac/roots edible)
(C) Linum perenne - Blue Flax (eyewash / reduce swelling / treat cough / gallstones)
Answer: (C)
Scientific/Common Name: Linum perenne - Blue Flax
Traditional Name/Usage: eyewash / reduce swelling / treat cough / gallstones
100
Multiple Choice:
(A) Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - Softstem blurush (emetic/stem edible/woven into matts)
(B) Ribes aureum - Golden Currant (Vitamin C)
(C) Tanacetum vulgare - Common Tansy (fever remedy/sore throat)
Answer: (B)
Scientific/Common Name: Ribes aureum - Golden Currant
Traditional Name/Usage: Vitamin C
200
Multiple Choice:
(A) Ostrya virginiana - Hophornbeam (tonic/lung and kidney remedies)
(B) Hydrophyllum virginianum - eastern waterleaf (anti-diarrheal)
(C) Oenothera biennis - Common Evening Primrose (Heals bruises/sores/roots edible)
Answer: (A)
Scientific/Common Name: Ostrya virginiana - Hophornbeam
Traditional Name/Usage: tonic/lung and kidney remedies
200
Multiple Choice:
(A) Rubus occidentalis - Black Raspberry (fruits used for tea remedy for stomach/back pain)
(B) Ulmus thomasii - Rock Elm (Used for saddle trees)
(C) Sanicula marilandica - Maryland sanicle (root used for snake bites / reduce fevers)
Answer: (A)
Scientific/Common Name: Rubus occidentalis - Black Raspberry
Traditional Name/Usage: fruits used for tea remedy for stomach/back pain
200
Multiple Choice:
(A) Zigadenus venenosus - Meadow deathcamas (Leg aches/burns/rattlesnake bites)
(B) Viburnum lentago - Nannyberry (Diuretic)
(C) Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - Softstem blurush (emetic/stem edible/woven into matts)
Answer: (C)
Scientific/Common Name: Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - Softstem blurush
Traditional Name/Usage:emetic/stem edible/woven into matts
200
Multiple Choice:
(A) Ribes oxyacanthoides - Canadian Gooseberry (fruits edible / decoction made for back pain, healing properties after birthing)
(B) Dalea candida - White Prairie Clover (roots/leaves for tea reduce diseases)
(C) Salix interior - Sandbar willow (leave for baskets, stems used for jar stoppers, fish roasting sticks, tie fastener)
Answer: (A)
Scientific/Common Name: Ribes oxyacanthoides - Canadian Gooseberry
Traditional Name/Usage: fruits edible / decoction made for back pain, healing properties after birthing
300
Multiple Choice:
(A) Liatris punctata - Dotted blazing star (Cures low appetite / dietary aid)
(B) Dalea candida - White Prairie Clover (roots/leaves for tea reduce diseases)
(C) Osmorhiza claytonii - Clayton's Sweetroot (Sore throat/ ulcers / runny nose)
Answer: (B)
Scientific/Common Name: Dalea candida - White Prairie Clover
Traditional Name/Usage: roots/leaves for tea reduce diseases
300
Multiple Choice:
(A) Rubus occidentalis - Black Raspberry (fruits used for tea remedy for stomach/back pain)
(B) Pulsatilla patens - Eastern Pasque flower (lung trouble aiments/headaches)
(C) Shepherdia canadensis - Russet Buffaloberry (unknown)
Answer: (B)
Scientific/Common Name: Pulsatilla patens - Eastern Pasque flower
Traditional Name/Usage: lung trouble aiments/headaches
300
Multiple Choice:
(A) Prunella vulgaris - Common selfheal (Liver remedy)
(B) Oenothera biennis - Common Evening Primrose (Heals bruises/sores/roots edible)
(C) Ribes aureum - Golden Currant (Vitamin C)
Answer: (B)
Scientific/Common Name: Oenothera biennis - Common Evening Primrose
Traditional Name/Usage: Heals bruises/sores/roots edible
300
Multiple Choice:
(A) Mentha arvensis - Wild mint (ceremonial properties)
(B) Hedeoma hispida - Rough False Pennyroyal (Cold rememdy)
(C) Liatris punctata - Dotted blazing star (Cures low appetite / dietary aid)
Answer: (C)
Scientific/Common Name: Liatris punctata - Dotted blazing star
Traditional Name/Usage: Cures low appetite / dietary aid
400
Multiple Choice:
(A) Rumex crispus - Curly Dock (Closing/healing cuts / stop swelling / anti diarrheal)
(B) Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive fern (Simulates the flow of milk)
(C) Linum perenne - Blue Flax (eyewash / reduce swelling / treat cough / gallstones)
Answer: (A)
Scientific/Common Name: Rumex crispus - Curly Dock
Traditional Name/Usage: Closing/healing cuts / stop swelling / anti diarrheal
400
Multiple Choice:
(A) Physalis heterophylla - Clammy groundcherry (treat headache/ nerve problems)
(B) Psoralidium tenuiflorum - Slimeflower (roots boiled to cure headaches on hot days)
(C) Rhus glabra - Smooth sumac (root bark for hemostatic / orange dye / stems for baskets)
Answer: (A)
Scientific/Common Name: Physalis heterophylla - Clammy groundcherry
Traditional Name/Usage: treat headache/ nerve problems
400
Multiple Choice:
(A) Hedeoma hispida - Rough False Pennyroyal (Cold rememdy)
(B) Koeleria macrantha - Prairie Junegrass (Diuretic / leaves used for cough / berries eaten)
(C) Mirabilis nyctaginea - haertleaf four o'clock (spider bite, tapeworm remedy)
Answer: (A)
Scientific/Common Name: Hedeoma hispida - Rough False Pennyroyal
Traditional Name/Usage: Cold rememdy
400
Multiple Choice:
(A) Liatris scariosa - Devils bite (leaves used for childrens diarrhea)
(B) Phryma leptostachya - American Lopseed (Sore throat)
(C) Pulsatilla patens - Eastern Pasque flower (lung trouble aiments/headaches)
Answer: (A)
Scientific/Common Name: Liatris scariosa - Devils bite
Traditional Name/Usage: leaves used for childrens diarrhea
500
Multiple Choice:
(A) Psoralidium tenuiflorum - Leguminosae (roots used for headaches / repel mosquitoes)
(B) Ribes oxyacanthoides - Canadian Gooseberry (fruits edible / decoction made for back pain, healing properties after birthing)
(C) Sanicula marilandica - Maryland sanicle (root used for snake bites / reduce fevers)
Answer: (C)
Scientific/Common Name: Sanicula marilandica - Maryland sanicle
Traditional Name/Usage: root used for snake bites / reduce fevers
500
Multiple Choice:
(A) Physalis heterophylla - Clammy groundcherry (treat headache/ nerve problems)
(B) Mirabilis nyctaginea - haertleaf four o'clock (spider bite, tapeworm remedy)
(C) Polygonum persicaria - Spotted ladysthumb (Stomach pain)
Answer: (B)
Scientific/Common Name: Mirabilis nyctaginea - haertleaf four o'clock
Traditional Name/Usage: spider bite, tapeworm remedy
500
Multiple Choice:
(A) Rumex crispus - Curly Dock (Closing/healing cuts / stop swelling / anti diarrheal)
(B) Zigadenus venenosus - Meadow deathcamas (Leg aches/burns/rattlesnake bites)
(C) Polygonum amphibium - Water Knotweed (cure Stomach ache / mouth blisters)
Answer: (B)
Scientific/Common Name: Zigadenus venenosus - Meadow deathcamas
Traditional Name/Usage: Leg aches/burns/rattlesnake bites
500
Multiple Choice:
(A) Sagittaria cuneata - Arumleaf Arrowhead (indigestion aid, medicine for humans & horses)
(B) Psoralidium tenuiflorum - Slimeflower (roots boiled to cure headaches on hot days)
(C) Scutellaria lateriflora - Blue skullcap (Diarrhea / breast treatment / menstral cycles)
Answer: (B)
Scientific/Common Name: Psoralidium tenuiflorum - Slimeflower
Traditional Name/Usage: roots boiled to cure headaches on hot days