A close relative of Northern
Bedstraw is Sweet Scented
Bedstraw.
Best plants in "nature's fridge." Subterraneans (A): arrowhead; biennial first-year roots (B); cattail; chicory; dandelion; day lily; Jerusalem artichoke; sedum; sweetflag; thistle Needle boughs: non-toxic evergreen trees (C,T) Lichen: reindeer moss Leaves:
bedstraw; brooklime; chickweed; Labrador tea; partridgeberry (T); watercress; wintercress; wintergreen (T) Fruits: barberry; bearberry; cranberry; crowberry; highbush cranberry; juniper; mountain ash; nannyberry; persimmon; rosehip; sumac; wild apple Seeds/Nuts: acorns; dock; plantain Sap (D): maple; birch Inner bark (D): edible evergreen trees (C) Key: Italics: excellent color, taste, and texture, according to personal preference and other wildcrafters' consensus.
Northern
bedstraw. Along the way the group sketched abandoned cabins and admired empty fuel barrels on the airstrip.
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum), violets (Viola spp.), and
bedstraw (Galium aparine) are also abundant.
A Lady's
Bedstraw (Galium verum), which, according to legend, was used as a bed on which the Virgin Mary rested, gives a good yellow color, and, as a yellow dye, it has often been used in certain cultures to produce the golden color so sought after in hair.
LOWER MINNETTS FIELD 1 hectare This small grassland reserve is an open oasis among the dark, dense woodlands that border it, with over 60 species of plants like bright white Oxeye Daisies, rich yellow Agrimony, Cowslip and Lady's
Bedstraw.
Roedd pennau'r gweiriau'n llawn hadau ac yn chwifio'n ysgafn yn haul ac awel y bore, ac yn gymysg a'r gweiriau roedd y briwydd felen (Galium verum; Lady's
bedstraw).
Galium aparine L.; Cleavers, annual
bedstraw, sticky-willy; Upland woods; Abundant and widespread; C = 1; BSUH 17869.
Species of plant Common name Pteridium aquilinum Western bracken fern Picea engelmannii Blue spruce Toxicodendron diversilobum Poison oak Artemisia californica Coastal sagebrush Artemisia douglasiana Mugwort Baccharis pilularis Coyote brush Lonicera interrupts Chaparral honeysuckle Non-local Lonicera Honeysuckle Sambucus mexicana Blue elderberry Arctostaphylos Manzanita Quercus agrifolia Coast live oak Quercus douglasii Blue oak Ribes californicum Hillside gooseberry Salvia mellifera Black sage Ceanothus cuneatus Buckbrush Cercocarpus betuloides California mountain-mahogany Rosa californica California wild rose Rubus ursinus Pacific blackberry Galium porrigens
Bedstrawinsularis) E 1 SRI, SMI Santa Cruz Island lace pod (Thysanocarpus conchuliferus) E 8 SCI Herbaceous Perennials Hoffmann's rock cress (Arabis hoffmannii) E 5 SCI, SRI, (AI) Succulent Perennials Santa Cruz Island live- forever (Dudleya nesiotica) T 1 SCI Santa Barbara Island live-forever (Dudleya traskiae) E 10 SBI Small Shrubs Soft-leaved paintbrush (Castilleja mollis) E 2 SRI Sea-cliff
bedstraw (Galium buxifolium) E 8 SCI, SMI, (SRI) Island rushrose (Helianthemum greenei) T 36 SCI, SRI, SCT Full Shrubs Santa Rosa Island manzanita (Arctostaphylos confertiflora) E 3 SRI Island barberry (Berberis pinnata ssp.
Around the margins the colour is supplied by species such as ladies'
bedstraw, heathers and the uncommon chickweed wintergreen.