The Node
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Yellowroot (Xanthorhiza simplicissima): The Buttercup That Went to Wood
Plant Highlight · Xanthorhiza simplicissima · Southeastern Streambanks. The only woody member of the buttercup family: a quiet shade groundcover with a chrome-yellow root, a berberine dye, and a deep...
Four Days in the Cove: A Field Dispatch from the Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
Field Notes · Cullowhee Native Plant Conference · Western North Carolina. Jonas and Megan drive north for four days of rhododendron on the rock, endemics on the serpentine barren, and...
A Meditation on Cullowhee and the Celebration of Native Plants
Cullowhee. The name rolls off the tongue like the bend of a slow creek curling through the southern hills, gathering what time has forgotten and what wisdom still grows green....
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