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Celebrating Wild Food, Wild Medicine, and Wild Idea’s in the Salish Sea Bioregion

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Red Alder

Red alder branches and wood are harvested for traditional pit cooking and smoking fish, while its bark is used medicinally to treat skin ailments, cleanse the blood, and make therapeutic teas.

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Slippery Elm

Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra), a native North American tree, is known for its inner bark, which has been used for centuries in traditional herbal medicine for its soothing and mucilaginous properties.

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Arbutus

A tree with distinctive orange-red bark, Qaanlhp is very tolerant of

extremely dry areas and is common on dry rocky bluffs throughout

southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

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