Noodle Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Does anyone know what kind of plant this is? Quote
Noodle Posted December 16, 2009 Author Posted December 16, 2009 Good call! Probably one of the small varieties like bearberry. Thanks! Quote
billcoe Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Manzanita bingo ding ding ding, the man wins the prize. Quote
ivan Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 the kind that cuts n' impales the holy hell out of you when 'scwaking uphill through it? Quote
ivan Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 leaves and flowers can be smoked so can the bible, for that matter Quote
justinp Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Something harder for the plant dorks! Quote
denalidave Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Something harder for the plant dorks! That's pretty cool. Quote
ZimZam Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 I'll take two Level 5's to go. http://www.sagewisdom.org/faq.html Quote
Mtguide Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) "Manzanita" is Spanish for "little apples". Arctostaphylos manzanita. Although related, it's not a bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), and it's definitely not a Salvia divinorum. Just a humble little workaday scrub shrub. Manzanita berries are edible, usually kind of dry with a mealy, grainy texture, though not very palatable, and they do indeed taste a little like apples. But the berries are a good source of vitamin C, and can be made into a bracing tea with that apple-like taste, slightly tart, acidic, or tannic. Best with a spoon of honey. Good for colds, according to the Native American tribes of the NW and California. Early white settlers managed to make jam or jelly out of them. Many of the tribes of N. Calif. ground the berries up to mix in with their acorn mush. MMM,yummy. Edited December 16, 2009 by Mtguide Quote
berl Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 that's gotta be some kind of clubmoss or something- not a flowering plant, right? Quote
justinp Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 not a clubmoss but close no flowers, but produces sporophytes. Quote
G-spotter Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 It's the hide of the gecko you just skinned. Quote
salbrecher Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Conocephalum conicum Snake Liverwort Quote
justinp Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Conocephalum conicum Snake Liverwort Nice! aka seals tongue. My favorite liverwort. I had to dust of Pojar this morning to remember the scientific name. Quote
Kimmo Posted December 17, 2009 Posted December 17, 2009 what can one do with the liverwort, besides make attractive hand-bags? Quote
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