Paw Paw Guild
Food
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Pawpaw is a deciduous, native, understory tree in the pawpaw family (Annonaceae). Its common name is probably a modification of the Spanish papaya. It is native to eastern North America, where it grows in deep shade to full sunlight in moist, nutrient-rich forests.
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Highbush blueberry is in the heath (Ericaceae) family and is native to eastern North America. It can grow 6 to 12 feet tall. It is an upright, multi-stemmed, slow-growing deciduous shrub found naturally in bogs, swamps, and high elevation forests. It is planted for its edible fruit and beautiful fall color.
Attractor
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American elderberry is a woody, deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to North, Central and South America. It is a member of the viburnum family (Viburnaceae). It can be found in all areas of North Carolina along streams, marshes, moist forests, and disturbed areas.
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Showy annual with multi-colored petals. It prefers moist, well-drained soil rich in organic matter which needs to be kept well-watered. Does best with cool night temperatures and mulching to keep the soil cool. In the deep south plant as a cool weather plant.
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Hardeck Garlic is a perennial bulb in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) producing a popular edible vegetable garden plant. It is closely related to onions, shallots and leeks.
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Starflower is an annual plant boasting bright, blue flowers. The wrinkled, dull gray-green leaves that are covered with bristly hairs are edible.
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American butterfly bush is an ornamental deciduous shrub species that is native to Mexico through Central America and down the Pacific coast of South America to Northern Bolivia. It is also found in Jamaica, Cuba, and the Galapagos Islands. This woody shrub grows in a variety of habitats including oak and pine forests, rocky slopes, riparian areas, fields, roadsides, mountain savanna, and cloud forests.
Repeller
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Common groundnut is a native perennial vine in the bean family and is found in tidal and non-tidal marshes, wet thickets, stream banks and bottomland forests. It has edible fruits and large edible tubers that provide numerous health benefits. Although the fruit and seeds are edible, it is the tuber that is most desirable but the only place it is cultivated as a food crop is in Japan.
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Common groundnut is a native perennial vine in the bean family and is found in tidal and non-tidal marshes, wet thickets, stream banks and bottomland forests. It has edible fruits and large edible tubers that provide numerous health benefits. Although the fruit and seeds are edible, it is the tuber that is most desirable but the only place it is cultivated as a food crop is in Japan.
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Hardeck Garlic is a perennial bulb in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) producing a popular edible vegetable garden plant. It is closely related to onions, shallots and leeks.
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Daffodils are fast-growing, perennial, deciduous bulbs in the Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis) family. Their native range is northern Africa, Europe, Afghanistan, China, and Japan. The genus Narcissus is named for a beautiful youth who became so entranced with his own reflection that he pined away, and the gods turned him into this flower.
Accumulator
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Yarrow is an herbaceous perennial in the daisy family. The Genus name is derived from the mythical Greek character Achilles, who reportedly carried it with his army to treat battle wounds.
Fixer
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Peas are annual, cool-season vegetables in the bean family. Garden peas grow round, starchy seeds and fibrous pods. Snow pea pods are harvested with barely-grown seeds, and sugar snap peas have juicy green-bean like pods and almost-full seeds.
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Anise hyssop is a member of the mint family (Lamiaceae) and native to the Midwest and prairies of North America. It is an herbaceous perennial with an erect growth habit and fragrant foliage. The specific name references fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), with which it shares the anise fragrance.
Mulcher
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Perennial herb; leaves in basal clumps, large, with thick, reddish petiole, and large, heart-shaped, blades; flowers small, in a dense, elongated, terminal cluster; fruit 3-winged, reddish. Can be used in pies, and jams etc.
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Superior plum is a cross between a Japanese and American plum. It is very cold hardy, tolerating temperatures down to -30° F.
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Chinese mayapple is a herbaceous perennial native to China and Tawian in the Berberidaceae (barberry) family. This plant is tolerant of heavy shade and has showy flowers and fruits.
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Joe-Pye Weed is an erect, clump-forming, native, herbaceous perennial of the Aster family that is known for its beautiful and fragrant flowers. Tiny, tubular-shaped, pinkish-to-purple blooms are arranged into a dome that measures up to 12 to 18 inches across. They have a vanilla scent and bloom from summer to early fall. The flowers of this plant attract butterflies and bees and are important for the production of honey. The leaves are lance-shaped and green with serrate margins.
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A genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the mint family. The flowers are pollinator magnets and generally bloom during the spring or summer in a variety of colors.
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Yarrow is an herbaceous perennial in the daisy family. The Genus name is derived from the mythical Greek character Achilles, who reportedly carried it with his army to treat battle wounds.
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Chives are from the amaryllis family. Chives are a bulbous perennial used as ornamental or culinary herbs. Chives have edible flowers and leaves used for flavoring with eggs, soups, salads, butter, cheese, dips and spreads.
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Peppermint is an upright perennial herb that is a cross between watermint (M. aquatica) and spearmint (M. spicata). It is most commonly grown as a culinary or medicinal herb and/or a ground cover. It spreads by rhizomes forming an attractive, though aggressive, ground cover.
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American elderberry is a woody, deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to North, Central and South America. It is a member of the viburnum family (Viburnaceae). It can be found in all areas of North Carolina along streams, marshes, moist forests, and disturbed areas.
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Scarlett Strawberry, also called Wild Strawberry, is a herbaceous, flowering, perennial and a member of the Fragaria genus, a large collection on plants producing edible fruit. The plant has a low profile of about 5 inches by 2 feet wide and spreads by runners making it useful as a groundcover as well as a provider of edible fruit. It can also be used as erosion control holding soil on slopes.
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Joe-Pye Weed is an erect, clump-forming, native, herbaceous perennial of the Aster family that is known for its beautiful and fragrant flowers. Tiny, tubular-shaped, pinkish-to-purple blooms are arranged into a dome that measures up to 12 to 18 inches across. They have a vanilla scent and bloom from summer to early fall. The flowers of this plant attract butterflies and bees and are important for the production of honey. The leaves are lance-shaped and green with serrate margins.
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A genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the mint family. The flowers are pollinator magnets and generally bloom during the spring or summer in a variety of colors.
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Stripped Wintergreen a native, evergreen, rhizomatous wildflower in the shinleaf family and is found in dry woods in the eastern US. The white midrib stripe on the dark green leaf is an identifying characteristic. During the summer fragrant white to pinkish flowers appear in small nodding clusters.
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Rubus ideas ‘Boyne’ (Red Raspberry) is an early season, thorny shrub with clusters of white, rose-like flowers which give way to medium-sized, sweet, flavorful, deep red raspberries in early summer. The berries are great for fresh eating, freezing, preserves, and pie.
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Yarrow is an herbaceous perennial in the daisy family. The Genus name is derived from the mythical Greek character Achilles, who reportedly carried it with his army to treat battle wounds.
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Peppermint is an upright perennial herb that is a cross between watermint (M. aquatica) and spearmint (M. spicata). It is most commonly grown as a culinary or medicinal herb and/or a ground cover. It spreads by rhizomes forming an attractive, though aggressive, ground cover.
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Chinese mayapple is a herbaceous perennial native to China and Tawian in the Berberidaceae (barberry) family.This plant is tolerant of heavy shade and has showy flowers and fruits.
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Smooth blackberry is a subshrub in the rose family (Rosaceae) that is native to the eastern USA including the mountains of NC and eastern Canada. It can be found growing in forested and disturbed areas as an understory plant.
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Appalachian false goat’s-beard a herbaceous flowering perennial in the saxifrage family (Saxifragaceae) native to eastern North America mountains and found in rich woodlands and seepage slopes. The species name refers to the double subdivision of the leaves.
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A leek is a biennial
vegetable, a cultivar of
Allium ampeloprasum, the broadleaf wild leek. The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes colloquially called a "stem" or "stalk". The genus Allium also contains the onion, garlic, shallot, scallion, chives, and Chinese onion.
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Scarlett Strawberry, also called Wild Strawberry, is a herbaceous, flowering, perennial and a member of the Fragaria genus, a large collection on plants producing edible fruit. The plant has a low profile of about 5 inches by 2 feet wide and spreads by runners making it useful as a groundcover as well as a provider of edible fruit. It can also be used as erosion control holding soil on slopes.
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Daffodils are fast-growing, perennial, deciduous bulbs in the Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis) family. Their native range is northern Africa, Europe, Afghanistan, China, and Japan. The genus Narcissus is named for a beautiful youth who became so entranced with his own reflection that he pined away, and the gods turned him into this flower.
Suppressor
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Chives are from the amaryllis family. Chives are a bulbous perennial used as ornamental or culinary herbs. Chives have edible flowers and leaves used for flavoring with eggs, soups, salads, butter, cheese, dips and spreads.