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"Europeans have colonized & occupied the Americas for more than half a millennium, but the native plants of our purported homeland & their uses are unfamiliar to most of us.

For example, I generally regarded alders as nondescript, useless trees. I was amazed to discover the bark has so many uses, increases soil fertility, yields fine wood for building. One can make a delicious jelly from hawthorn fruit who knew?"

"The bulk of our best-known culinary herbs — oregano, rosemary, sage, and thyme — are nothing more than the aromatic wildflowers of the Mediterranean coasts, a testament to the lasting power of the Roman Empire"