About this Event
Temperate Medicinal Plant Biogeography, Conservation and Use
This class will focus on several of the major medicinal plants that grow in the cold areas of the world and the coastal plain particularly that are often used in herbalism. We will go over where these plants are originally from and the current state of their conservation. The work of the non-profit United Plant Savers in plant preservation will be a major topic of discussion. The need for more cultivation of various species, as well as the substitution of more common plants for rare ones and resources to assess sustainability of harvest will round out our discussion. Some examples of some of the plants we will discuss include: Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa), Fairywand (Chamaelirium luteum), Ginseng (Panax quinquefolia), Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), Osha (Ligusticum spp.), Spikenards (Aralia spp.), Stoneroot (Collinsonia canadensis), Virginia Snakeroot (Aristolochia serpentaria) and White Sage (Salvia apiana).
Agenda
🕑: 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Program and Q and A
Host: Marc Williams
Info: Ethnobiologist marc williams’ training includes a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies concentrating in Sustainable Agriculture with a minor in Business from Warren Wilson College and a Master’s degree in Appalachian Studies concentrating in Sustainable Development with a minor in Geography and Planning from Appalachian State University. He has spent over two decades working at a multitude of restaurants and various farms and has traveled throughout 30 countries in Central/North/South America and Europe as well as all 50 states of the USA. Marc has visited over 200 botanical gardens and research institutions during this process while taking tens of thousands of pictures of representative plants and other entities.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Front Street Theatre, 21 N. Front Street, Wilmington, United States
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