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Indigenous Plants & Native Uses in the Northeast

WILD STRAWBERRY WILD STRAWBERRY
(Fragaria vesca)
WILD STRAWBERRY

WILD STRAWBERRY

DWARF CINQUEFOIL
DWARF CINQUEFOIL

Food: Edible tiny berries.

Medicine: A tea from the leaves may stimulate appetite.

Note: Also called Indian Strawberry. Can be distinguised from Cinquefoil which has five leaves and small yellow blosoms.


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