Medicinal Plant List

This is a tentative list of Musqueam medicinal plants to include in the garden that would be suitable to plant in the site.

* = already present
P = purchase
C = collect (wild/UBC Botanical Garden)

P       Achlys triphylla (Vanilla-leaf)
P/C  Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Spreng. (Bearberry)
*       Epilobium angustifolium L. (Fireweed)
*       Gaultheria shallon Pursh. (Salal)
P       Lomatium nudicaule (Indian consumption plant)
C      Mahonia nervosa Pursh (Dwarf or Dull Oregon Berry)
*       Mahonia aquifolium Pursh. (Tall Oregon Berry)
P       Mainthemum racemosa or Smilacina racemosa (False Solomon’s Seal)
P/C  Oemleria cerasiformis (June Plum) – both sexes to ensure fruit
C     Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh.) Kuntze. (Ninebark)
*     Picea orientalis (Spruce) – not native, but can make interpretive signage
*     Pinus contorta Dougl. ssp. contorta (Lodgepole Pine, Pine, or Shore)
*     Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain)
*     Plantago major (Broad-leaved Plantain or Common Plantain)
*     Polystichum munitum (L.) Kaulf. (Sword Fern)
P/C  Rhamnus purshiana DC. (Cascara)
*     Ribes sangineum Pursh (Flowering Currant, Red-Flowering Currant)
P/C  Rosa nutkana Presl. (Wild Rose)
*     Rubus spectabilis Pursh. (Salmonberry)
C     Sambucus racemosa (Red Elderberry)
P/C  Sambucus cerulea (Blue Elderberry)
P     Satureja douglasii (Yerba Buena)
P     Shepherdia canadensis Nutt. (Soapberry)
P     Streptopus amplexifolius (twisted stalk)
C     Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake (Waxberry or Snowberry)
*     Vaccinium parvifolium Smith. (Red Huckleberry