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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

glabra), are brewed into tea. The nearly odorless variety (S.<br />

odora var. chapmanii Torrey & A. Gray) is not favored for tea,<br />

though it too can be used as such.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America from eastern Canada and New<br />

Hampshire to Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Gibbons 1962, Harris 1972,<br />

Peterson 1977, Tull 1978, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Solidago spectabilis (D. E<strong>at</strong>on) A. Gray<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: Nevada goldenrod<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds have been e<strong>at</strong>en by Amerindians.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Yanovsky 1936<br />

Sonchus oleraceus L.<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: annual sow thistle, common sow thistle, hare’s lettuce,<br />

milkweed, milky tassel, sow thistle<br />

PORTUGUESE: chicória-brava, serraia, serralha, serralha-brava,<br />

serralha-lisa<br />

SPANISH: cerraja, cerraja grande, diente de leon lechoso, endibia,<br />

endivia, khanachu, lechuga montés , llampu-cajana, llampu-khana,<br />

serraja, serraja lechosa, upa khisa<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves may be e<strong>at</strong>en as a vegetable or used as fodder.<br />

Juice is used to tre<strong>at</strong> ailments <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> digestive tract.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mediterranean Eurasia, widely n<strong>at</strong>uralized<br />

REFERENCES: Duke 1986, Duke 1992, Franquemont et al. 1990, Guia<br />

Rural 1990, Leung 1961, Soukup 1970, Sturtevant 1972, Usher 1974,<br />

von Reis Altschul 1973<br />

Sophora nuttalliana B. Turner [syn. S. sericea Nutt.]<br />

FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or<br />

pea)<br />

ENGLISH: silky sophora<br />

PORTUGUESE: sófora<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet roots were a delicacy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pueblo people.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern U.S. to Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Sorbus americana Marshall<br />

FAMILY: Rosaceae (rose)<br />

ENGLISH: American mountain ash, dogberry, mountain ash, roundberry<br />

USES/NOTES: Berries are e<strong>at</strong>en mainly in jams and jellies and are<br />

made into wine.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Gibbons and Tucker 1979, Jones 1939,<br />

Jones 1953, Wright 1981<br />

Sorbus aucuparia L.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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