Burdock

Thank you for attending the plant walk at Pearce Estates. What a beautiful location, I am dreaming of those beautiful tamarack trees. I hope you enjoyed the fresh burdock tea, what a rare treat! Below is a species list of the plants we saw. A handout regarding Common Burdock is also below.

Tamarack/ Larch – Larix laricina

Dandelion – Taraxacum officinale

Burdock – Arctium minus (most likely)

Red clover – Trifolium pratens

Alsike clover – Trifolium hybridum

Alfalfa – Medicago sativum

Cattail – Typha latifolia

Broad-leaved plantain – Plantago major

False solomon’s seal – Maianthemum stellatum (formerly Smilacina stellata)

Asparagus – Asparagus officinalis

Wormwood – Artemisia absinthium

Common Wild Rose – Rosa woodsii

Sweet clover – Melilotus officinalis (formerly 2 species M. officinalis + M. alba)

Sow thistle – Sonchus sp.

White cockle – Silene latifolia

Red-osier dogwood – Cornus stolonifera

Buckbrush – Symphoricarpos occidentalis (toxic)