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Spicebush
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume
Lauraceae
  • Kanienʼkéha
    ta'tyatókwa “Breaking bushes,” which refers to the brittle leaves
  • French
    Benjoin
Striped Pipsissewa
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh
  • English
    Striped pipsissewa, Striped wintergreen, striped prince’s pine, ratsbane, and rheumatism root
  • Anishinaabemowin
    gaabgebak
  • French
    Chimaphile maculée
Wild Plum
Prunus americana Marshall
Rosaceae
  • Kanienʼkéha
    wíhson
  • Anishinaabemowin
    bgesaanmin'gaawanzh, “wild sugar plums”; bagesaanak = plums
  • French
    Prunier d'Amérique
Goldenseal
Hydrastis canadensis L.
Ranunculaceae
  • English
    Orangeroot, Yellow Root, Yellow-puccoon
  • Kanienʼkéha
    otsí:nekwar kahtehrowá:nen: “golden very powerful root,” “golden physically big root”
  • French
    Hydraste du Canada, Sceau d’or
Hopniss
Apios americana Medik.
Leguminoseae (Fabaceae)
  • English
    Hopniss
  • Kanienʼkéha
    ohnana:ta, ohnenna'ta'ón:we “a potato”
  • French
    Apios d'Amérique, patate en chapelet
Ginseng
Panax quinquefolius L.
Apiaceae
  • Kanienʼkéha
    tekaren’tó:ken, tekahtehró:ken, kanó:ta
  • French
    Ginseng à cinq folioles, Ginseng américain
Sunchoke
Helianthus tuberosus
Jerusalem Artichoke
  • Kanienʼkéha
    ohnennà:ta
  • Anishinaabemowin
    ashkibwaa, as'kibwan'
  • French
    Topinambour
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
  • Kanienʼkéha
    kahtehrahòn:tsi
  • Anishinaabemowin
    zhishkwedaansan, naanaaganashk (-oon) (general name for ferns), mzise miijim (general term for fern)
  • French
    Matteucie fougère à l'autruche
Cranberries
Vaccinium oxycoccos L., Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.
Small Cranberry, Large Cranberry
  • Kanienʼkéha
    tó:kware
  • Anishinaabemowin
    mishkiigminan, mashkiigi minagaawanzh
  • French
    Canneberge commune, Canneberge à gros fruits
Downy Hawthorn
Crataegus mollis
Thornapples, Hawberry, May-tree
  • Kanienʼkéha
    ohì:kta wahyarà:ken; yotironhwentsí:yo
  • Anishinaabemowin
    miinensgaawanzh
  • French
    aubépine
Pale Woodland Sunflower
Helianthus strumosus
Common Annual Sunflower
  • Kanienʼkéha
    oron'ónhta, otsitsa’kó:wah
  • Anishinaabemowin
    ziindaagan
  • French
    Tournesol
Red Currant
Ribes rubrum
  • Kanienʼkéha
    nikanenharà:sa
  • Anishinaabemowin
    mieidji’minaga’wanjiig, waaboos-odji-bik
  • French
    Gadellier rouge
Common Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
  • Kanienʼkéha
    sá:yase
  • Anishinaabemowin
    odatagaagominag
  • French
    Ronce à flagelles
Red Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
  • Kanienʼkéha
    skanekwen’terá:yen, skanekwen’terá:ne, skanekwenhtará:nenh
  • Anishinaabemowin
    miskomin (-ak, plural)
  • French
    Framboisier rouge
Allegheny Blackberry
Rubus allegheniensis
  • Kanienʼkéha
    sá:yase
  • Anishinaabemowin
    odatagaagominag
  • French
    Ronce des Alléghanys
Skunk Currant
Ribes glandulosum
  • Kanienʼkéha
    nikanenharà:sa
  • Anishinaabemowin
    mieidji’minaga’wanjiig, waaboos-odji-bik , gaagaagshiinh miinan
  • French
    Gadellier glanduleux