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Woody Plants
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Trunk
Mockernut Hickory
Carya alba
Diamond Leaf Oak
Quercus lauriflora
Forked Trunk
Leaves
Knees
Trunk
Willow oak
Quercus phellos
Alternate; lanceolate leave arrangment
Sand Post Oak (Dwarf spp)
Quercus margarettae
Sweet Gum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Trunk
Red maple
Acer rubrum
Canopy
Leaves
Trunk
American sweetgum
Liquidambar Styraciflua
Leaves and fruit (gumballs)
Longleaf Pine
Pinus palustris
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Needles and fruit (cones)
Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
Trunk
Canopy
Needles and fruit (cones)
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Canopy
TiTi
Cyrilla racemiflora
Shrubs and Small Trees
Wild Blueberry Bush
Vaccinium fuscatum
Wax Myrtle
Morella cerifera
Lumbee Medicinal Plant
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Lumbee Medicinal Plant
River Cane
Arundinaria gigantea
Swamp Bay
Persea palustris
Lumbee Medicinal Plant
Lumbee Medicinal Plant
Chinese Tallow (non-native)
Triadica sebifera
Shining Sumac
Rhus copallinum
Groundsel Tree
Baccharis halimifolia
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Mulberries
Morus sp.
Lumbee Medicinal Plant Uses
All medicinal plant uses come directly from
MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE LUMBEE INDIANS
by
EDWARD M. CROOM, JR. (1982) PhD Thesis, NCSU
Wax Myrtle -Used for itching, stomach ulcers and flavoring.
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Sweet Bay- Roots used to open boils on body.
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Vines
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Muscadine Grape
Muscadinia rotundifolia
Smilax Vine
Smilax glauca
Climbing Hempvine
Milkania Scandens
Earleaf Greenbrier
Smilax auriculata
Cross Vine
Bignonia capreolata
Smooth Carrionflower
Smilax herbacea
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