Articles

Oshá Root: Bear Medicine

by Jessa Fisher and Phyllis Hogan In the herb room at Winter Sun Trading Company in downtown Flagstaff, we are always surprised when someone comes into the store and has never heard of the plant o...

Walk of Life

by Jessa Fisher and Phyllis Hogan Beauty Before Me Beauty Behind Me Beauty Above Me Beauty Below Me As I walk, I walk with Beauty - traditional Navajo Prayer What better way to enjoy the gifts tha...

Pulsatilla: The Pulse of Rebirth

by Jessa Fisher and Phyllis Hogan Yippie Skippie! It is March. That means the end is in sight and the beginning is upon us! I know all you winter recreationists and snowflake fanatics are bummed t...

You Betcha, Betony!

by Jessa Fisher and Phyllis Hogan Plants are like people. Every single species of plant has a distinct personality and a special roll to play, with a unique assemblage of pollinators, herbivores, ...

Amazonian Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin Explains Why We Need Plants

by Jessa Fisher The Arizona Ethnobotanical Research Association (AERA) is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization established in 1983 in order to promote environmental education and ethnobotanical aw...

What's Up, Dock?

by Jessa Fisher and Phyllis Hogan Bugs Bunny would love our April plant- it's almost like a carrot, but with four times the carotene! We are talking here about the nutritious and lovely dock- yello...

Yerba Del Manzo: Medicine Cabinet In A Swamp Plant

by Jessa Fisher One of our favorite things to do at the Arizona Ethnobotanical Research Association (AERA) is to go on field trips looking for plants. In October of last year, the AERA had a speci...

Juniper, The Southwest Tree of Life

by Jessa Fisher and Phyllis Hogan, AERA Last month we talked about a semi-parasitic plant, mistletoe, of which there are over 200 species growing in over 30 different host trees. This month we wil...