Most of our native plants have been used traditionally for food and medicine. Today, knowledge of which parts of specific plants may be used is being rediscovered. Below, we have identified a number of plants we grow that have traditional uses.
Please be advised that we are in no way endorsing these plants for edible and medicinal use but simply providing information that these plants have traditionally been used by knowledgeable people.
(click for more information on each species)
Edible plants:
arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)
bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva)
blue elderberry (Sambucus cerulea)
common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
creeping Oregon grape (Mahonia repens)
globe huckleberry (Vaccinium globulare)
golden currant (Ribes aureum)
nettleleaf horsemint (Agastache urticifolia)
nodding onion (Allium cernuum)
Oregon sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum)
serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Medicinal plants:
arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamhoriza sagittata)
bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva)
blue elderberry (Sambucus cerulea)
creeping Oregon grape (Mahonia repens)
heart-leaf arnica (Arnica cordifolia)
nettleleaf horsemint (Agastache urticifolia)
nodding onion (Allium cernuum)
Oregon sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum)
pale purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)
pasqueflower (Anemone patens)
pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
rosy pussytoes (Antennaria rosea)
serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata)
white evening primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
wild geranium (Geranium viscosissimum)
yellow evening primrose (Oenothera flava)
