Gathering Medicinal Wintergreen

[MiWilderness]

Nice! the berries themselves are hard to find here. the animals must eat them all.

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@MiWilderness

Yeah, last year I saw a lot of berries, but this year I haven't seen many. I've seen a lot of the partridge berries this year, but they don't have any flavor like the wintergreen does.

[MiWilderness]

@Prepare2Survive partridge berry! That's the plant I kept trying to remember the name of as I watched your vid. They seem to grow in the same places.

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@MiWilderness

Yeah, Partridge Berry ( Mitchella repens ) is also called Squaw Vine because the leaves were used for menstrual difficulties. The leaves are much smaller than wintergreen and the berries have 2 dimples because it's the only plant that produces 2 flowers that turn into 1 berry.

[TheSonofthunder7]

Great video...........

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@TheSonofthunder7

Thanks, it's my first time experimenting with the Microsoft video editor.

[TheSonofthunder7]

@Prepare2Survive On the wintergreen does it just grow primarily in the eastern states or what ? I'm kind of new to the medicinal herb field and not exactly sure where all the stuff grows, and what book would you suggest I pick up so i can see what in my area i can get and use regularly for that purpose. Just to give a little background, I do live in the upper midwest.

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@TheSonofthunder7

If you do a google " image " search for ' gaultheria procumbens range ' the second picture that comes up shows that it doesn't grow in your area. The main 2 books I use are peterson field guides. One is on edible plants and the other is on medicinal plants. Even though those books are for eastern / central United States there still should be a lot of plants in those books that you'll find in your area. I bought them on amazon for about $10.

[bushcraftbartons]

Excellent info for the wintergreen....Thanks

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@bushcraftbartons

You're welcome Mike. Merry Christmas

[dragonflyhiker]

cool, very nice video

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@dragonflyhiker

Thanks, it's my first time experimenting with the Microsoft video editor.

[steintanz]

... interesting plant - thanks for sharing!

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@steintanz

You're welcome. According to Sepp you have something similar in Europe called " Niedere Scheinbeere " or in English " Low Gaultheria " 

[TheWoodsmenJoe]

great info thnx for sharing

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@TheWoodsmenJoe

You're welcome 

[Waldhandwerk]

Niedere Scheinbeere, ...cool, thanks for a new plant ; )) Merry Christmas, my good friend. Sepp

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@Waldhandwerk

Looks like you have some " Low Gaultheria " that have red or blue berries in Europe. The ones over here only have red berries.

Merry Christmas to you too Sepp.

[nedeljkomostar]

Great info, I will start looking around for it when out in the woods. Just does this plant has any poisonous double? 

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@nedeljkomostar

Nope, if you crush the leaves and it smells like wintergreen that's what it is. There are a few other plants that are related like striped wintergreen, pipsissewa and partridge berry, but they're not poisonous.