Plant Sightings

Native to Europe and Asia, Burdock (Arctium lappa, A. spp.)  is a thistle that is considered both a useful plant […]

The Artichoke and Cardoon are types of thistles that are cultivated as food and medicine. A native to the Mediterranean

Guarana (Paullinia cupana) is a South American source of caffeine in the form of a vining plant with large leaves

The White Jelly Mushroom (aka. Snow Mushroom; Tremella fuciformis) is a gelatinous, translucent white fungus with a frond-like, lobed appearance

This almost 100 foot tall deciduous tree is a native to Asia, producing pinnate leaves and panicles of flowers in

Cinchona (Cinchona spp.) is a famous medicinal plant that saved many people from the fate of Malaria. All Cinchona species

Box Mistletoe (Amyema miquelii) is an epiphytic hemiparasitic flowering plant that is found attached to some species of Australia eucalypt,

With a flavor similar to stewed or dried apples, or kiwifruit (depending on who you talk to), these berries are

European Holly (Ilex aquifolium), is a small evergreen tree or shrub characterized by glossy, spiny leaves and bright red berries.

Originally, Mistletoe was a common name referring to the European Mistletoe (Viscum album)  native to Europe and the UK; however,