### plant | tracheophyte | herb:

Wild ginger
* Most wild gingers have rhizomes.
* Some wild gingers produce rhizomes
  - shallow rhizomes
* grows in abundance.
* is known to have antibiotic properties.
* prefers moist soils that contain large amounts of organic matter.

Wild licorice
* are herbs.
* is native to temperate regions of western North America
  - perennial from long, tough taproots and interconnected rootcrowns
  - probably top-killed by fire

### plant | tracheophyte | herb:

Wort
* Most worts grow in sites.
* Some worts have chemical properties
  - pain
  - similar chemical properties
  - interfere with absorption
* Some worts invade areas
  - wood areas
  - liquids
  - malts
* contains all the sugars of the malt and certain secondary constituents.
* includes cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
  - vegetables
* is an old English term that means plant
  - stirred in a circular motion and collects in the center of the whirlpool
* is the beginning of all beers
  - water extract of the grains used in the manufacture of beer and similar malt beverages
  - used in making beer and spirits
* term for the unfermented beer.

Yarrow
* Some yarrows are among the plants imparting a disagreeable taste to milk when grazed by cows.
* are also good for cut flowers
  - fairly fail-safe plants, as are asters, which bloom in the fall
* lowers blood pressure by dilating the peripheral vessels
  - due to a dilation of the peripheral vessels
* rebloom after cutting and can be used both fresh and dried.
* reduces inflammation and calms irritated skin.
* stimulates the uterine muscles, so avoid using it during pregnancy.

### plant | tracheophyte | herb | yarrow:

Western yarrow
* is hardy, surviving well during drought conditions.
* occurs in plant communities with a variety of fire regimes.

Yellow dock
* cleanses the blood and detoxifies the liver.
* well-known source of iron.

### plant | tracheophyte:

Herbaceous plant
* Many herbaceous plants have underground stems called rhizomes
  - survive frost by storing food in underground stems, roots, or leaves
* Most herbaceous plants belong to families
  - parsley families
  - plantain families
  - sunflower families
* Most herbaceous plants consist of leaves
  - short stems
* Most herbaceous plants grow in habitats
  - native habitats
* Most herbaceous plants grow on floors
  - forest floors
  - to height
* Most herbaceous plants have arrangements
  - buds
  - internal arrangements
* Most herbaceous plants have unique chemical properties
  - invade environments
* Most herbaceous plants produce basal leaves
  - underground rhizomes
  - provide nectar
  - reach height
  - root at almost any season
  - undergo growth
* Some herbaceous plants develop from rhizomes
* Some herbaceous plants grow in basal rosettes
  - live only five to six years
  - produce fruit
* are apt to bend rather than snap like a woody plant
  - common where sunlight reaches the floor of the forest
* come and go with the seasons.
* die back to the ground each winter.
  - naked buds in which the outer leaves are green and somewhat succulent
  - no woody stem above ground, and they grow and die back on a regular cycle
* lack secondary growth even if a cambium layer is present.
  - completely new stems each year