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Indigenous Plants & Native Uses in the Northeast

WILD SARSAPARILLA WILD SARSAPARILLA
(Aralia nudicaulis)
WILD SARSAPARILLA

WILD SARSAPARILLA

Food: Brewed into a 'root beer'.

Medicine: The scented roots were used for tonics, stimulants and those encouraging sweating

Note: A close relative of Spikenard or Indian Root.


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