#ebony spleenwort

[vandaliatraveler]

Where it narrows and plummets through a steep gorge at Valley Falls State Park, the Tygart Valley River has broken the Connoquenessing sandstone through which it passes into massive, jumbled slabs. In the margins of these wrecked pillars, where sediment and fine sand wash out, a great diversity of life has sprung up. The river is both destroyer and creator, more powerful and relentless than any god man has dreamed up.

From top: royal fern (Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis), a water-loving beauty that clumps in the nooks between the boulders; the elegant tassel rue (Trauvetteria carolinensis), with its sharply-lobed, palmate leaves; yellow star grass (Hypoxis hirsuta), whose six-petaled flowers and delicate, grass-like leaves are quite attractive; American water willow (Justicia americana), whose creeping rhizomes allow the plant to form extensive colonies at the edges of streams and rivers; silky dogwood (Cornus amomum), a thicket-forming wetlands lover; and ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron), easily identified by its brown stem.

#appalachia #west virginia #vandalia #flora #wildflowers #valley falls state park #tygart valley river #connoquenessing sandstone #pottsville formation #rapids #waterfalls #royal fern #tassel rue #yellow star grass #common goldstar #american water willow #silky dogwood #ebony spleenwort #early summer

[cloudstrychnine]

First jar terrarium

Made with stuff around our home. I'm hoping to find and add a few isopods.

#moss #terrarium #terrarium jar #mini terrarium #moss jar #bearded lichen #ebony spleenwort #lichen #plants #fern

[nerdintheforest]

Ebony Spleenwort (asplenium platyneuron) is a north american native fern that is drought tolerant. The plant prefers rock sheltered/shaded roots. I found this growing in a rock wall when I moved in, and have watched it spread slowly. This year I have been pulling the less thriving patches from higher/sunnier on the wall, potting them in the shade to let them grow a bit, and re-planting them in good locations along the base of the wall. This isnt a commercially viable plant due to the small rhizome, and I've had a bit of trial and error figuring out how to transplant these. Hopefully I will have a legit fern wall in the next few years.

#botany #ferns #drought tolerant #my garden #landscape #nature #ebony spleenwort

[as-easel]

Terms derived from wort

adder's wort (Bistorta officinalis)

adderwort (Bistorta officinalis)

asterwort (Asteraceae spp.)

awlwort (Subularia aquatica)

banewort

barrenwort (Epimedium alpinum)

bearwort (Meum athamanticum)

bellwort

birthwort

bishop's-wort (Stachys officinalis)

bitterwort

bladderwort

blawort

bloodwort

blue throatwort

blushwort

bogwort

boragewort

bridewort

brimstonewort

brotherwort

brownwort

bruisewort

bugwort

bullwort

burstwort

butterwort

cancerwort (Kickxia spp.)

catwort

clown's ringwort

colewort

common ragwort

coralwort

crosswort

damewort

danewort

dragonwort

dragon's wort

dropwort*

dungwort

earwort*

ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)

elderwort

European pillwort

fanwort

felonwort

feltwort

felwort

#wort be upon ye

[spatheandspadix]

Ebony spleenwort appreciation post

#diplazium pycnocarpon #ferns #pteridophyta #ebony spleenwort

[dollsahoy]

Husband hasn't weedwhacked around the shade garden lately, and I noticed a wild fern growing just outside the plastic edging by the hostas so I thought I should move it a bit, to a more protected area where there are two other wild ferns growing

and I try to look up "how to transplant wild fern"

and get a website that says DON'T because it could be ILLEGAL (if it's a protected species--it's not, it's an ebony spleenwort) and you might not have PERMISSION from the LAND OWNER (hi, it's in my backyard already) and even if it's not and you do there's NO GUARANTEE you'll be able to recreate the PRECISE ENVIRONMENT it was GROWING IN (I'm moving it less than a meter, to a spot near two other volunteer ebony spleenworts)

So yes I was outside at dusk digging up a fern with a tablespoon because I can't find my trowel. Neighborcat Macy watched from a distance.

#caps lock #suburban gardening #my glamorous life

[cedar-glade]

from @bloodfleurs​ and our jaunt trapsin some good prairie complex at Chaparral Prairie.

The Cedar Barrens Loop Trail, mid summer and mid May seem to be the best time to visit these sites but the lushness of a nice cedar glade during winter is fantastic.

A cedar barren is a semi xeric prairie like opening with shallow to exposed substrate that is surrounded by eastern red cedar, oaks, dwarf hackberry, kentucky coffee tree, osage orange, virginia pine, white cedar, short needle pine, ridgid pine, and other sub shrub/understory/midstory species. For the most part, many of these species are never found directly all at the same time. Each cedar barren will have a different forest make up with species from these lists missing or species more abundantly present than others, or species mentioned missing. In sections where cedar thickets are more present than other tree species around the cedar barrens and water seepage prevents forms of fire breaks in many cases, we call these cedar glades; these tend to be a lush and damp, dense shade species rich ecosystem of: terrestrial moss species, ebony spleenworts, and running ground cedar and not much else. Comparing organic horizons between cedar forrests to see the depth of organic matter will help identify these sections as a true red cedar thicket or an encroachment of red cedar on what was extremely productive, forbe and grass rich, barren. Acidic duff(new shed) is often shallow on the surface caused by aborted awls that fall to the ground from canopy closure among the cedars. Cedars in exposed areas away from these little seep islands will usually torch and not survive since they are very fire prone and easily catch; this is why, in the barren proper we don't seem to see eastern red cedar often, if we do, we see young individuals that haven’t caught on fire yet. 

If a barren that has been subject to fire suppression to long is found, many times the adjacent cedars are encroaching on the opening and are often cut down and back to the section of forest where natural fire breaks can be identified by running water, average field capacity monitoring of water saturation, species present, and other signs. If you watch grow deer tv on youtube or have been part of the volunteer process for any of the state barrens and glades or TNC(the nature conservancy sites) the methods for removal are often variable. Many practice a chop drop and stack method, never bringing in heavy equipment that could compact the soil or bring in weeds. Once piles are manageable, they allow them to be seasoned for a bit prior to setting up a controlled burn. The piles are often stacked around stumps in the barrens where etiolation barriers were present at one point. Fire lines and site training protocol for rx burns are done and so are mock site situations prior to the scheduled burn date range, if conditions are right during that range they clear fuel load by burning which encourages light penetration on the site and helps dormant seeds germinate.

Many seeds can remain dormant for long periods of time before germinating, some even require denaturing of the seed coat, fire scarification, or smoke scarification to promote more germination. Besides thickened insulating bark, several other mechanisms for fire adaptivity in woody plants are present; the two main forms seen often are rhizome regrowth or basal regrowth. Basal regrowth is very cool and is often explained through lignotubers(large underground storage sections that often resemble sunken caudex or basal burl and are a part of the root crown/flare system in many fire adapted species, these lignotubers have energy reserves for fast regrowth mechanisms and are heavily associated with fire)  and epicormic buds(dormant adventitious buds that respond to chemical signaling factors in the plant caused by the plants response to external or internal rapid change.)  along these sunken fire adapted crowns. If you also study eastern woody species, you’ll notice that there is a somewhat consistent overlap with ring porus trees and fire adapted ecosystems, though, this is just something that may overlap and correlation won’t tell you about causation in full neither will causation be directly associated to correlation; in other words, no one has enough data on this concept for it to mean anything yet and it could have nothing to do with fire adaptability but more to do with weather patters. Trees in the north tend to be more ring diffuse woody species.

#ohio #dendrology #plantblr #arboriculture #botany #barrens #glades #plants #ecology #cedar

[neolithicsheep]

Snagged ebony spleenwort and moss from Dog Skull yesterday and now I have captured them in a jar. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBYX5BCpUPH/?igshid=120fns1oknxft

[tipsycad147]

Herbs and Their Witchy Names

original graphic by: LorelainW

One of the things you might notice when working with spells is they call for some different ingredients. For example, eye of newt, wool of bat, toe of frog. To some who happen across these spells it can help lend to some of the fear surrounding witches because some of the ingredients may seem a bit bizarre. However, you will often find that seldom will those ingredients be literal. For example, if you see eye of newt in a spell, you are not going go out and get an actual eye from a newt. It actually refers to mustard seed.

The reason we have these names, stems from ancient times when it was not safe to keep spells about. So to protect the craft these names would be used instead. Some of them are just Old English, and some even date back to ancient China. A lot of times, you will find that the name is based on what the herb resembles. You will also find that many witches still use these names to this day. The more you work with magick and spell work the more familiar with these names you will become. I wanted to provide you with a basic list that you can use to work with as you are becoming familiar with working with them. As you find more you can add more to it.

A Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn A Titan’s Blood: Wild Lettuce A Lion’s Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip (the leaves of the taproot) A Man’s Bile: Turnip Sap A Pig’s Tail: Leopard’s Bane A Hawk’s Heart: Heart of Wormwood Aaron’s Rod: Goldenrod, Mullein Absinthe: Wormwood Achillea: yarrow Adders Tongue: Dogstooth Violet African Ginger: Ginger Aftator Pear: Avocado All Heal: Mistletoe, Valerian American Dittany: Basil Aneton: Dill An Eagle: Wild Garlic Aquifolius – Holly Archangel – Angelica Armstrong – Knotweed Arrowroot – Yarrow Assear: Comfrey Ass’s Foot or Bull’s Foot: Coltsfoot Ava – Kava Kava Bad Man’s Plaything: Yarrow Bairnwort – Daisy Bat’s Wings: Holly Battree – Elder Bear’s Foot: Lady’s Mantle Bee Balm – Lemon Balm Beer Flower – Hops Beggar’s Buttons – Burdock Beggarweed – Dodder Bereza – Birch Bindweed – Morning Glory Bird’s Eye – Pansy, Germander Bird’s Foot – Feunugreek Bird’s Nest – Carrot Biscuits – Tomentil Bitter Greass – Ague Root Bitter Root – Gentian Black Cherry – Belladonna Black Maidenhair: Black Spleenwort Black Sampson: Echinacea Black Wort – Comfrey Blessed Herb – Avens, Pimpernel Blind Buff – Poppy Blood: Elder sap or another tree sap Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood Blood from a Head – Lupine Blue Buttons – Periwinkle Blue Eyes – Potato Blood of Ares: Purslane Blood of a Goose: Mulberry Tree’s Milk Bloodwort: Yarrow Blood of Hestia: Chamomile Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall Blood from a Shoulder: Bear’s Breach Bottle Brush: Horse Tail Brain Thief: Mandrake Bread and Cheese Tree – Hawthorne Bride of the Meadow – Meadowsweet Bride of the Sun: Marigold Braisewort – Comfrey, Daisy Bull’s Blood or Seed of Horus: Horehound Burning Bush: White Dittany Calendula: Marigold Calf’s Snout: Snapdragon Cankerwort: Dandelion, Ragwort Candlemas Maiden: Snowdrop Candlewick Plant: Mullein Cape Gum: Acacia Capon’s Tail: Valerian Carpenter’s Weed: Yarrow Catmint: Catnip Cat’s Foot: Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy Cat’s Wort: Catnip Cheeses: Marsh Mallow Cherry Pie: Heliotrope Chewing John: Glangal China Root: Galangal Chinese Parsley: Coriander Chocolate: Carob Chocolate Flower: Wild Geranium Christ’s Eye: Vervain Sage Christ’s Ladder: Centaury Christ’s Thorn: Holly Church Steeple: Agrimony Clear-eye: Clary Sage Click: Goosegrass Clot: Great Mullein Clove Root: Avens Corpse Plant: Indian Pipe Couch Grass: Witch’s Grass Cowgrass: Knotweed Crowdy Kit: Figwort Crow Corn: Ague Root Crow’s Foot: Cranesbill Crown for a King: Wormwood Crown of Thorns: Euphorbia Cuckoo’s Bread: Common Planatin Cuddy’s Lungs: Great Mullein Cucumber Tree: Magnolia Cupids Car: Wolf’s Bane Daphne: Bay Laurel Death Angel: Agaric Death Flower: Yarrow Death’s Herb: Belladonna Delight of the Eye: Rowan Devil’ Apple – Datura Devil’s Cherries: Belladonna Devils Dung: Asafoetida Devil’s’ Eye: Henbane, Periwinkle Devil’s Flower: Bachelor’s Buttons Devil’s Plaything: Yarrow Dew of the Sea: Rosemary Dog’s Mouth: Snap Dragon Dollar: Meadowsweet Dove’s Foot: Wild Geranium Dragon’s Blood: Calamus Dragon Wort: Bistort Dumbledore’s Delight: Wolf’s Bane Earth Smoke: Fumitory Elf Leaf: Lavender, Rosemary Elf’s Wort: Elecampane Enchanter’s Plant: Vervain English Cowslip: Primrose Englishman’s Foot: Common Plantain Erba Santa Maria: Spearmint Everlasting Friendship: Goosegrass Eye Balm: Goldenseal Eye of Christ: Germander Speedwell Eye of the Day: Common Daisy Eye of Newt: Mustard Seed Eye of the Star: Horehound Eye Root: Goldenseal Eyes: Aster, Daisy, Eyebright Fairies Horses: Ragwort Fair Lady: Belladonna Fairy Bells: Sorrell, Wood Fairy Cup: Cow Slip Fairy Fingers: Foxglove Fairy Smoke: Indian Pipe Fairy Petticoats: Foxglove Fairy Weed: Foxglove False Wintergreen: Pipsissewa Fat from a Head: Spurge Felon Herb: Mugwort Field Hops: Yarrow Five Fingers: Cinquefoil Flute Plant: Meadow Rue Folk’s Gloves: Foxglove Fox Bells: Foxglove Foxtail: Club Moss French Wheat: Buckwheat Frog’s Foot: Bulbous Buttercup From the Belly: Earth-apple From the Foot: Houseleek From the Loins: Chamomile Frozen Roses: Wood Rose Fruit of the Gods: Apple Fruit of the Underworld: Apple Gagroot: Lobelia Gallowsgrass: Hemp Garden Heliotrope: Valerian Ghost Flower: Datura Gillies: Carnation Gin Plant: Juniper Giver of Life: Corn Goat’s Foot: Ash Weed Goat’s Leaf: Honeysuckle Goat’s Weed: St John’s Wort God’s Hair: Hart’s Tongue Fern Golden Bough: Mistletoe Golden Star: Avens Goldes: Marigold Gosling Wing: Goosegrass Graveyard Dust: Mullein Graveeyard Flowers: Plumeria Ground Apple: Chamomile Ground Raspberry: Golden Seal Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye Daisy Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed Hair of Venus: Maidenhair Fern Hag’s Taper: Great Mullein Hagthorn: Hawthorn Happy Major: Burdock Harebell: Bluebell Hare’s Beard: Great Mullein Headache: Poppy Healing Herb: Comfrey Helmet Flower: Scullcap Herb of Enchantment: Vervain Herb of Grace: Rue, Vervain Hind’s Tongue: Hart’s Tongue Fern Holy Herb: Yerba Santa Holy Rope: Hemp Agrimony Honey Stalks: Clove Hook and Arn: Yerba Santa Horse Tongue: Hart’s Tongue Fern Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot Horse Violet: Pansy Hundred Eyes: Periwinkle Hundred Leaved Grass Indian Dye: Golden Seal Indian God Tree: Banyon Indian Paint: Golden Seal Indian Root: Trillium Indian Sage – Bonesset Indian Tobacco – Lobelia Innocense: Bluets Jacob’s Ladder – Lily of the Valley Jacob’s Staff: Great Mullein Jaundice R Joy of the Mountain: Marjoram Joy on the Ground: Periwinkle Jupiter’s Staff: Great Mullein Juno’s Tears – Vervain King’s Crown: Black Haw Knight’s Milfoil: Yarrow Klamath Weed – St Johns Wort Knight’s Milfoil – Yarrow Knitback – Comfrey Kronos’ Blood: sap of Cedar Ladder to Heaven – Lily of the Valley Lady’s Glove: Foxglove Lady’s Meat: Hawthorn Lad’s Love: Southernwood Lamb’s Ears: Betony Lamb Mint: Spearmint Lion’s Herb: Columbine Lion’s Mouth: Foxglove Lion’s Tooth: Dandelion Little Dragon: Tarragon Love Fruit: Orange Love Herbs: Lovage Love Idol: Pansy Love in Idleness: Pansy Love Leaves: Burdock Love Lies Bleeding: Amaranth/Anemone Love Man: Goosegrass Love Parsley: Lovage Love Root: Orris Root Mackeral Mint: Spearmint Maiden’s Ruin: Southernwood Man’s Health: Ginseng Master of the Woods: Woodruff May: Black Haw May Lily: Lily of the Valley May Rose: Black Haw Mayflower: Hawthorne Maypops: Passion Flower Military Herb: Yarrow Miracle Herb: Comfrey Mistress of the Night: Tuberose Mosquito Plant: Pennyroyal Mutton Chops: Goosegrass Naughty Man’s Cherries: Belladonna Nine Hooks: Lady’s Mantle Nine Joints: Knotweed Nose Bleed: Yarrow Obeah Wood: Ebony Old-Maid’s-Nightcap: Wild Geranium Old Man’s Flannel: Great Mullein Old Man Fennel: Mullein Old Man’s Pepper: Yarrow Old Uncle Henry: Mugwort Old Woman: Wormwood Oliver: Olive Organ Tea: Pennyroyal Paddock Pipes: Horsetail Password: Primrose Pearl Moss: Irish Moss Peter’s Staff: Great Mullein Priest’s Crown: Dandelion leaves Poor Man’s Treacle: Garlic Pucha-Pat: Patchouli Queen of the Night: Vanilla Cactus Queen of the Meadow: Meadowsweet Queen of the Meadow Root: Gravelroot Queen’s Root: Stillengia Quick: Hawthorn Quickbane: Rowan Quick Grass: Witch Grass Rabbits: Toadflax Ram’s Head: American Valerian Red Cockscomb: Amaranth Ring-o-bells: Bluebells Robin-run-in-the-grass: Goosegrass Run by the ground: Pennyroyal Sacred Bark: Cascara Sagrada Sacred Herb: Yerba Santa Sacred Mother: Corn Sacred Mushroom: Agaric Sailor’s Tobacco: Mugwort Scaldhead: Blackberry See Bright: Clary Sage Seed of Horus: Horehound Semen of Ammon: Houseleek Semen of Ares: Clover Semen of Helios: White Hellebore Semen of Herakles: Mustard-rocket Semen of Hermes: Dill Semen of Hephaistos: Fleabane Seven Year’s Love: Yarrow Shameface: Wild Geranium Shepherd’s Heart: Shepherd’s Purse Silver Bells: Black Haw Silver Dollar: Honesty Snake’s Grass: Yarrow Soapwort: Comfrey or Daisy Soldier’s Tea: Horehound Sorcerer’s Berry: Belladonna Sorcerer’s Herb: Datura Sorcerer’s Violet: Periwinkle Sparrow’s Tongue: Knotweed St. John’s Herb: Hemp Agrimony St. John’s Plant: Mugwort Star Flower: Borage Star of the Earth: Avens Starweed: Chickweed Storm Hat: Wolf’s Bane Summer’s Bride: Marigold Sweethearts: Goosegrass Swine’s Snout: Dandelion Leaves Tanner’s Bark: Toadflax Tarragon: Mugwort Tartar Root: Ginseng Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice Thousand Weed: Yarrow Thunder Plant: House Leek Tongue of Dog: Houndstongue Torches: Great Mullein Unicorn Root: Ague Root Wax Dolls: Fumitory Weazel Snout: Yellow Archangel White: Ox-eye Daisy White Man’s Foot: Common Plantain White Wood: White Cinnamon Witch’s Asprin: White Willow Bark Witch’s Brier: Brier Hips Weasel Snout: Yellow Archangel Wolf Claw: Club Moss Wolf Foot: Bugle Weed Wolf’s Milk: Euphorbia

Have a magickal day!

Much Love and Many Blessings,

Jasmeine Moonsong

http://jasmeinemoonsong.com/herbs-and-their-witchy-names-3/

[mxdelacroix]

TIL: "Eye of Newt” is Just Mustard Seed.

More witchy fun facts:

A Bone of an Ibis: Buckthorn A Titan's Blood: Wild Lettuce A Lion's Hairs: Tongue of a Turnip (the leaves of the taproot) A Man's Bile: Turnip Sap A Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane A Hawk's Heart: Heart of Wormwood Aaron's Rod: Goldenrod, Mullein Absinthe: Wormwood Achillea: yarrow Adders Tongue: Dogstooth Violet African Ginger: Ginger Aftator Pear: Avocado All Heal: Mistletoe, Valerian American Dittany: Basil Aneton: Dill An Eagle: Wild Garlic Aquifolius - Holly Archangel - Angelica Armstrong - Knotweed Arrowroot - Yarrow Assear: Comfrey Ass's Foot or Bull's Foot: Coltsfoot Ava - Kava Kava Bad Man's Plaything: Yarrow Bairnwort - Daisy Bat's Wings: Holly Battree - Elder Bear's Foot: Lady's Mantle Bee Balm - Lemon Balm Beer Flower - Hops Beggar's Buttons - Burdock Beggarweed - Dodder Bereza - Birch Bindweed - Morning Glory Bird's Eye - Pansy, Germander Bird's Foot - Feunugreek Bird's Nest - Carrot Biscuits - Tomentil Bitter Greass - Ague Root Bitter Root - Gentian Black Cherry - Belladonna Black Maidenhair: Black Spleenwort Black Sampson: Echinacea Black Wort - Comfrey Blessed Herb - Avens, Pimpernel Blind Buff - Poppy

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Blood: Elder sap or another tree sap Blood of Hephaistos: Wormwood Blood from a Head - Lupine Blue Buttons - Periwinkle Blue Eyes - Potato Blood of Ares: Purslane Blood of a Goose: Mulberry Tree's Milk Bloodwort: Yarrow Blood of Hestia: Chamomile Blood of an Eye: Tamarisk Gall Blood from a Shoulder: Bear's Breach   Bottle Brush: Horse Tail Brain Thief: Mandrake Bread and Cheese Tree - Hawthorne Bride of the Meadow - Meadowsweet Bride of the Sun: Marigold Braisewort - Comfrey, Daisy Bull's Blood or Seed of Horus: Horehound Burning Bush: White Dittany Calendula: Marigold Calf's Snout: Snapdragon Cankerwort: Dandelion, Ragwort Candlemas Maiden: Snowdrop Candlewick Plant: Mullein Cape Gum: Acacia Capon's Tail: Valerian Carpenter's Weed: Yarrow Catmint: Catnip Cat's Foot: Canada Snake Root and/or Ground Ivy Cat's Wort: Catnip Cheeses: Marsh Mallow Cherry Pie: Heliotrope Chewing John: Glangal China Root: Galangal Chinese Parsley: Coriander Chocolate: Carob Chocolate Flower: Wild Geranium Christ's Eye: Vervain Sage Christ's Ladder: Centaury Christ's Thorn: Holly Church Steeple: Agrimony Clear-eye: Clary Sage Click: Goosegrass Clot: Great Mullein Clove Root: Avens Corpse Plant: Indian Pipe Couch Grass: Witch's Grass Cowgrass: Knotweed Crowdy Kit: Figwort Crow Corn: Ague Root Crow's Foot: Cranesbill Crown for a King: Wormwood Crown of Thorns: Euphorbia Cuckoo's Bread: Common Planatin Cuddy's Lungs: Great Mullein Cucumber Tree: Magnolia Cupids Car: Wolf's Bane Daphne: Bay Laurel Death Angel: Agaric Death Flower: Yarrow Death's Herb: Belladonna Delight of the Eye: Rowan Devil' Apple - Datura Devil's Cherries: Belladonna Devils Dung: Asafoetida Devil's' Eye: Henbane, Periwinkle Devil's Flower: Bachelor's Buttons Devil's Plaything: Yarrow Dew of the Sea: Rosemary Dog's Mouth: Snap Dragon Dollar: Meadowsweet Dove's Foot: Wild Geranium Dragon's Blood: Calamus Dragon Wort: Bistort Dumbledore's Delight: Wolf's Bane Earth Smoke: Fumitory Elf Leaf: Lavender, Rosemary Elf's Wort: Elecampane Enchanter's Plant: Vervain English Cowslip: Primrose Englishman's Foot: Common Plantain Erba Santa Maria: Spearmint Everlasting Friendship: Goosegrass Eye Balm: Goldenseal Eye of Christ: Germander Speedwell Eye of the Day: Common Daisy Eye of Newt: Mustard Seed Eye of the Star: Horehound Eye Root: Goldenseal Eyes: Aster, Daisy, Eyebright Fairies Horses: Ragwort Fair Lady: Belladonna Fairy Bells: Sorrell, Wood Fairy Cup: Cow Slip Fairy Fingers: Foxglove Fairy Smoke: Indian Pipe Fairy Petticoats: Foxglove Fairy Weed: Foxglove False Wintergreen: Pipsissewa Fat from a Head: Spurge Felon Herb: Mugwort Field Hops: Yarrow Five Fingers: Cinquefoil Flute Plant: Meadow Rue Folk's Gloves: Foxglove Fox Bells: Foxglove Foxtail: Club Moss French Wheat: Buckwheat Frog's Foot: Bulbous Buttercup From the Belly: Earth-apple From the Foot: Houseleek From the Loins: Chamomile Frozen Roses: Wood Rose Fruit of the Gods: Apple Fruit of the Underworld: Apple Gagroot: Lobelia Gallowsgrass: Hemp Garden Heliotrope: Valerian Ghost Flower: Datura Gillies: Carnation Gin Plant: Juniper Giver of Life: Corn Goat's Foot: Ash Weed Goat's Leaf: Honeysuckle Goat's Weed: St John's Wort God's Hair: Hart's Tongue Fern Golden Bough: Mistletoe Golden Star: Avens Goldes: Marigold Gosling Wing: Goosegrass Graveyard Dust: Mullein Graveeyard Flowers: Plumeria Ground Apple: Chamomile Ground Raspberry: Golden Seal Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye Daisy Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed Hair of Venus: Maidenhair Fern Hag's Taper: Great Mullein Hagthorn: Hawthorn Happy Major: Burdock Harebell: Bluebell Hare's Beard: Great Mullein Headache: Poppy Healing Herb: Comfrey Helmet Flower: Scullcap Herb of Enchantment: Vervain Herb of Grace: Rue, Vervain Hind's Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Holy Herb: Yerba Santa Holy Rope: Hemp Agrimony Honey Stalks: Clove Hook and Arn: Yerba Santa Horse Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot Horse Violet: Pansy Hundred Eyes: Periwinkle Hundred Leaved Grass Indian Dye: Golden Seal Indian God Tree: Banyon Indian Paint: Golden Seal Indian Root: Trillium Indian Sage - Bonesset   Indian Tobacco - Lobelia   Innocense: Bluets Jacob's Ladder - Lily of the Valley Jacob's Staff: Great Mullein Jaundice R Joy of the Mountain: Marjoram Joy on the Ground: Periwinkle Jupiter's Staff: Great Mullein Juno's Tears - Vervain King's Crown: Black Haw Knight's Milfoil: Yarrow Klamath Weed - St Johns Wort Knight's Milfoil - Yarrow Knitback - Comfrey Kronos' Blood: sap of Cedar Ladder to Heaven - Lily of the Valley Lady's Glove: Foxglove Lady's Meat: Hawthorn Lad's Love: Southernwood Lamb's Ears: Betony Lamb Mint: Spearmint Lion's Herb: Columbine Lion's Mouth: Foxglove Lion's Tooth: Dandelion Little Dragon: Tarragon Love Fruit: Orange Love Herbs: Lovage Love Idol: Pansy Love in Idleness: Pansy Love Leaves: Burdock Love Lies Bleeding: Amaranth/Anemone Love Man: Goosegrass Love Parsley: Lovage Love Root: Orris Root Mackeral Mint: Spearmint Maiden's Ruin: Southernwood Man's Health: Ginseng Master of the Woods: Woodruff May: Black Haw May Lily: Lily of the Valley May Rose: Black Haw Mayflower: Hawthorne Maypops: Passion Flower Military Herb: Yarrow Miracle Herb: Comfrey Mistress of the Night: Tuberose Mosquito Plant: Pennyroyal Mutton Chops: Goosegrass Naughty Man's Cherries: Belladonna Nine Hooks: Lady's Mantle Nine Joints: Knotweed Nose Bleed: Yarrow Obeah Wood: Ebony Old-Maid's-Nightcap: Wild Geranium Old Man's Flannel: Great Mullein Old Man Fennel: Mullein Old Man's Pepper: Yarrow Old Uncle Henry: Mugwort Old Woman: Wormwood Oliver: Olive Organ Tea: Pennyroyal Paddock Pipes: Horsetail Password: Primrose Pearl Moss: Irish Moss Peter's Staff: Great Mullein Priest's Crown: Dandelion leaves Poor Man's Treacle: Garlic Pucha-Pat: Patchouli Queen of the Night: Vanilla Cactus Queen of the Meadow: Meadowsweet Queen of the Meadow Root: Gravelroot Queen's Root: Stillengia Quick: Hawthorn Quickbane: Rowan Quick Grass: Witch Grass Rabbits: Toadflax Ram's Head: American Valerian Red Cockscomb: Amaranth Ring-o-bells: Bluebells Robin-run-in-the-grass: Goosegrass Run by the ground: Pennyroyal Sacred Bark: Cascara Sagrada Sacred Herb: Yerba Santa Sacred Mother: Corn Sacred Mushroom: Agaric Sailor's Tobacco: Mugwort Scaldhead: Blackberry See Bright: Clary Sage Seed of Horus: Horehound Semen of Ammon: Houseleek Semen of Ares: Clover Semen of Helios: White Hellebore Semen of Herakles: Mustard-rocket Semen of Hermes: Dill Semen of Hephaistos: Fleabane Seven Year's Love: Yarrow Shameface: Wild Geranium Shepherd's Heart: Shepherd's Purse Silver Bells: Black Haw Silver Dollar: Honesty Snake's Grass: Yarrow Soapwort: Comfrey or Daisy Soldier's Tea: Horehound Sorcerer's Berry: Belladonna Sorcerer's Herb: Datura Sorcerer's Violet: Periwinkle Sparrow's Tongue: Knotweed St. John's Herb: Hemp Agrimony St. John's Plant: Mugwort Star Flower: Borage Star of the Earth: Avens Starweed: Chickweed Storm Hat: Wolf's Bane Summer's Bride: Marigold Sweethearts: Goosegrass Swine's Snout: Dandelion Leaves Tanner's Bark: Toadflax Tarragon: Mugwort Tartar Root: Ginseng Tears of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Juice Thousand Weed: Yarrow Thunder Plant: House Leek Tongue of Dog: Houndstongue Torches: Great Mullein Unicorn Root: Ague Root Wax Dolls: Fumitory Weazel Snout: Yellow Archangel White: Ox-eye Daisy White Man's Foot: Common Plantain White Wood: White Cinnamon Witch's Asprin: White Willow Bark Witch's Brier: Brier Hips Weasel Snout: Yellow Archangel Wolf Claw: Club Moss Wolf Foot: Bugle Weed Wolf's Milk: Euphorbia

#witch #herbs #witchy #cooking #wicca

[vandaliatraveler]

Valley Falls State Park is best known for the dramatic cascades and rapids formed by the Tygart Valley River as it “squeezes” through a narrow gorge on the way to its eventual confluence with the Monongahela River in Fairmont. The park was once the site of a grist mill in the mid-1800s, but the only evidence remaining today is a spillway, a grinding stone, and an abandoned quarry, now overtaken by forest. Falls notwithstanding, I’m ever in awe of the massive slabs of Upper Connoquenessing sandstone piled up on either side of the river - they provide both a testament to earth’s prehistoric past and an amazing riparian zone of rocky pools and sandy embankments where seeds from farther upstream can deposit and take root, providing homes to many uniquely-adapted species. 

From top: American water willow (Justicia americana), a showy aquatic perennial that forms large colonies in the shallow riffles of streams; an eastern American toad (Anaxyrus americanus americanus), which was busy croaking and making babies in a rocky pool near the falls; sweet azalea (Rhododendron arborescens), also known as smooth azalea, a rangy, stream-loving shrub whose strongly-scented, white flowers have distinctive red stamens; yellow star grass (Hypoxis hirsuta), an exquisite riparian member of the lily family that clumps on the moist, sandy banks of fast-moving streams; royal fern (Osmunda regalis), a spectacularly beautiful fern that loves the nooks between the boulders at the river’s edge; and ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron), also known as brownstem spleenwort, an elegant, upright fern with a special fondness for the same rocky nooks.

#appalachia #vandalia #west virginia #tygart valley river #valley falls state park #waterfalls #rapids #riparian #connoquenessing sandstone #geology #spring #wildflowers #flora #amphibian #toad #anaxyrus americanus #american toad #justicia americana #american water willow #rhododendron arborescens #sweet azalea #smooth azalea #hypoxis hirsuta #yellow star grass #osmunda regalis #royal fern #asplenium platyneuron #ebony spleenwort #brownstem spleenwort

[prezrev]

the signs as things my ap world history teacher/environmental club sponsor has said

Aries: *Talking about some ebony spleenwort we found in the wild* Don't step on our lovely Ebony over here...She's beautiful and tiny.

Taurus: And here we have the taoism of Pooh....Not that kind of poo.

Gemini: She's humble...like a potato.

Cancer: Let's get metrosexual up in here.

Leo: Don't overuse the teats, those are for the customers.

Virgo: I'm a peaceful little gorilla.

Libra: Mmmm, cultural diffusion...I eat that stuff up.

Scorpio: Without my beard, who am I but a sad, plant-loving man?

Sagittarius: *When I brought a $20 bill for a $15 Environmental Club shirt* Aw.....Uh, I don't have $5 on me right now but listen, I'll cut you a deal...I can hook you up with a TON of stickers, I'm talking a TON.

Capricorn: Just show me little animals and I'll cry.

Aquarius: God, look at me, I can't go to jail, I'm too pretty.

Pisces: We're all just a bunch of Satan-worshipping AP readers.

#ily mr shigley #hes my dude #jay speaks

[nerdintheforest]

No idea what type of bug this is but he looks cool. The fern is an Ebony Spleenwort

#bugs #my yard #nature #ferns #ebony spleenwort

[wildozark]

Virginia Creeper Seedling in my Ebony Spleenwort Fern

Virginia Creeper Seedling in my Ebony Spleenwort Fern

There’s a Virginia creeper  (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) seedling creeping up toward the light in my spleenwort fern (Asplenium platyneuron) container. I watched it for a few days with a suspicious eye as it unfurled, because I thought it might be a poison ivy.

Virginia Creeper

This isn’t one of my favorite plants. I’m only fascinated with it because I’ve never seen the creeper at this stage…

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#creeper #fairy garden ferns #spleenwort ferns

[artscult]

Smaller Ebony Spleenwort, asplenium parvulum - high resolution image from old book.

[dollsahoy]

Here is the volunteer Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron) that established itself by the hostas a few years ago (at the bottom of the photo: the protective rock I placed by it to protect it from enthusiastic weed trimming)

Ebony Spleenwort is a fun name huh

#suburban gardening