1. Name two types of trees used to make medicine?
Dogwood, Redbud, Sassafras, Staghorn Sumac
2. Name a plant used to treat mosquito bites?
Jimsonweed
3. What bright red flower was used to treat typhoid fever?
Cardinal Flower
4. What plant contains digitalis?
Foxglove
5. True of
False: If you eat plants in the forest you could die.
True
6. This plant was nicknamed
"Indian Turnip." It is as hot as tabasco sauce. It was
used to treat rattlesnake bites.
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
7. This plant's flower and fruit hide under a large
umbrella like leaf.
Mayapple
8. Name the plant used today to make salads.
Pokeweed
9. This small tree's bark smells like
root beer.
Sassafras
10. This lanky plant is still used today for cough
syrup.
Fleabane
11. This tree's berries are a major source of food for birds in the
winter.
Flowering Dogwood
12. This plant's name comes from its smell.
Skunk Cabbage
13. Name
two plants used to treat asthma.
Jimsonweed, Skunk Cabbage
14. This tree' s bark was used as
quinine.
Flowering Dogwood
15. Name two plants used to treat liver disorders.
Mayapple, Pokeweed
16. This spring berry was used as an astringent.
Black Raspberry
17. In the same highly poisonous family as tomatoes,
it was used to cure digestive
ailments.
Common Nightshade
18. Name two plants used to reduce fevers.
Indian Hemp, Sassafras
19. These delicate flowers were abundant and used for skin diseases.
Violets
20. Dysentery was a major killer in the Civil War. Name two plants
used in its cure.
Black Raspberry, Redbud
21. True or False: Jack-in-the Pulpit was used to treat snake bites.
True
22. This tree's berries were very acidic and used as an astringent.
Staghorn Sumac
23. What plant was used in the treatment of internal injuries.
Fleabane
24. Name two plants that are still used today.
Black Raspberry, Fleabane, Sassafras
25. What is the name of the plant whose berries are harvested for
jellies, juices
and other foods?
Black
Raspberry
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