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greatlaurel

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2. There are a lot of interesting, tasty or medicinally useful plants that grow in Appalachia.
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 11:21 PM
Sep 2014

Ginseng, black cohosh, golden seal, native persimmons, native brambles, spicebush, black haw, sassafras, there are tons of amazing plant species that grow here. The Appalachian woodlands was one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. Too bad coal mining, charcoal making and terrible agricultural practices damaged so much of our land.

Good catch on the Pawpaw Festival. The pawpaw trees have large interesting leaves that have an almost velvet feel to the underside of the leaves. I have planted seeds, but have not gotten any seedlings.

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