YARROW (COMMON)
About Yarrow
This very common weed lines our bush roads, our driveways and grows freely almost everywhere. Long used for its first aid capacity to heal wounds, nosebleeds as well as reducing fevers.
Primary use
Medicinal
Edible parts
Everything – Leaves, flowers and root
Medicinal
Open wounds and nosebleeds, sore gums, clearing blood clots, fevers
Foraging Plant information list
This is not a complete list, this is a list of the species I have directly witnessed in my travels here in Northwest Ontario. If you find something before I do, email me and let me know.
Lambs Quarters
Joe Pye Weed
Cattails
Labrador Tea
Creeping Charlie (Ground Ivy)
Chickweed
Clover (Red)
Clover (White)
Clover (Sweet White)
Fiddleheads
Fireweed
Goldenrod
Bull Thistle
New England Aster
Saskatoon (Service berry)
Blueberry
Pin Cherry
Hazelnuts
Raspberry
Red Currants
Cranberry
Thimble Berry
Cloud Berry
Squashberry (Low bush Cranberry)
Spruce Tips
Birch
Juniper
Willow
Identification
Fern like leaves with one central stalk topped with a cluster of white flowers. Typically under a meter tall.
Where to look
Along roadsides/disturbed areas, they enjoy sun and a multitude of soil types. Driving bush roads where the roadsides are cut back regularly provide great habitat.
