Food Poisoning

Plant:   Prairie Willow

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Indigenous Forest

Genus and Species:   Salix caroliniana


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Habitat:    Floodplains, along creeks and rivers, wet or low habitats

Season:   Early spring


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Active Chemical Structure:   Salicylates

Uses and Preparation: leave and bark used for pain
                                       induce vomiting, alleviate fevers, headaches and diarrhea (tea                                                root)

Resources:   Foster, S. & Duke, J.A. (2014) Peterson Field Guide to Medical Plants and Herbs: of Eastern and Central North America. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing company.

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