Plant: Prairie Willow
Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Indigenous Forest
Genus and Species: Salix caroliniana
Habitat: Floodplains, along creeks and rivers, wet or low habitats
Season: Early spring
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.
Habitat: Floodplains, along creeks and rivers, wet or low habitats
Season: Early spring
Uses and Preparation: leave and bark used for pain
induce vomiting, alleviate fevers, headaches and diarrhea (tea root)
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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