Wisconsin Native

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• Uvularia sessilifolia Merrybells Z 4-8

  Elongated cream colored bells dangle under lily-like leaves in April-May

  

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  Elongated cream colored bells dangle under lily-like leaves in April-May

  Size: 6-10” X 8”
  Care: Sun to shade in moist, well-drained acidic soil
  Native: Eastern & central North America, Wisconsin native.
  Wildlife Value: attracts bees & other pollinators

  Cherokee made a tea from the roots to treat diarrhea; made a poltice for boils and cooked and ate the leaves. Iroquois made a tea from roots to purify blood and a poltice to mend broken bones. It is taken internally to aid in healing broken bones. Ojibwa used root in hunting to bring deer closer. Collected before 1753.

• Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush Blueberry Z 2-6

  The true native bearing small, intensely flavored blueberries

  

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  Urn-shaped white flowers in May & June turn to glossy blue berries.  Foliage turns fiery red in fall.  The true native, bearing small, intensely flavored blueberries.

  Size: 2-12” x 3’ spreading by runners
  Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained, very acidic soil. Mulch, roots shallow & wide spreading.
  Native: entire NE of No. America as far west as Minnesota & South to N. Carolina, Wisconsin native.
  Wildlife Value: Food source for moth caterpillars, terrestrial turtles & numerous birds (Turkey, Blue Jay, Bluebird, Wood thrush & Robins.)
  Awards: Cary Award Distinctive Plants for New England

  Described in literature, 1789. Many Native Americans ate the berries (fresh or dried) or mixed berries with other ingredients for food: Algonquin, Chippewa, Iroquois, Ojibwa & Menominee.  A few ate the flowers.  Algonquin made medicine from the leaves and roots for colic, miscarriages & inducing labor. Chippewa put dried flowers on hot stones to inhale the fumes for “craziness.”
  Blueberries are our native superfood, high in antioxidants, fiber & Vitamin C, while low in calories.

• Vaccinium macrocarpon syn. Oxycoccus macrocarpus Cranberry Z 3-7

  Creeping shrub, with tiny glossy leaves, pink flowers, and bright red berries

  

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  Creeping shrub, with tiny glossy leaves, pink flowers, and bright red berries

  Size: 6" x spreading
  Care: sun in moist well-drained acidic soil
  Native: Northern east coast to northern central US & Canada, Wisconsin native
  Wildlife Value: attracts bees, butterflies, and birds for nectar; small animals eat the fruits and nest in it

  Swedish botanist Peter Kalm, Swedish botanist , described this in 23 February 1749 entry in Travels in North Americ.a. Important food for Native Americans (Algonquin, Iroquois, Chippewa& Ojubwa). Pilgrims ate the wild berries. American and Canadian sailors on long voyages ate cranberries to prevent scurvy.

• Veronicastrum virginianum, Culver’s root Z 4-9

  Tall, graceful ivory spires

  

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  Tall, graceful ivory spires bloom from mid to late summer

  Size: 4' x 18"
  Care: full sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
  Native: From Canada to Texas incl. Wisconsin native
  Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies

  Used by American Indians as a laxative and to induce vomiting and clean blood.  Cherokee cured typhus and inactive livers with Culver’s root. Remember Culver’s Little Liver pills? Seneca Indians used the root in their ceremonies. 1^st collected by Rev. John Banister who moved to colonial Virginia in 1678.  A gunman mistakenly shot and killed him while he collected plants.   Colonial Puritan Cotton Mather unsuccessfully attempted to use this plant to cure his daughter’s tuberculosis in 1716.