Plant Description:

• Tall bushes, growing 1 to 6 m with brown bark and twigs that are reddish-brown
• Elongated oval-shaped leaves
• Found on riverbanks, wetlands and in ravines
• Used in Greece over 2000 years ago for pain relief as it contains a chemical similar to aspirin
• Found at Stops 3, 6, 7, and 8

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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