Plant card
20 August 2015
Laurie Caron, Chemist, M.Sc. – Plant card Latin name: Clintonia borealis (Ait) Raf. Common names: Yellow Clintonia, snake poison, bluebead-lily. In the boreal forest of Quebec, Canada, it’s possible to find this very common plant. Clintonia borealis is a perennial herb of the lily family. The plant has small blue fruits located on a long
Plant card
11 May 2015
Laurie Caron, Chemist, M.Sc. – Plant Card Often, cannabis is associated with its recreational activities and its many adherents. In the past year, PhytoChemia has made a full review of literature on the properties of boreal resources for Agroboréal. This scientific review is available on the site web of the company in French version
Plant card
9 January 2015
Laurie Caron, chemist, M.Sc. – Plant card Latin name: Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Mühl. and its former name is Chiogenes hispidula (L.) T. & G. Common Names: Small tea, small tea woods, wintergreen insipid, tasteless chiogène, Snowberry. Qualified as a small creeping shrub of the heath family, this plant has long spindly branches and small oval
Plant card
29 September 2014
Laurie Caron – Plant card Figure 1 : Plant representation. Latin name: Coptis trifolia (L.) and its former name is Coptis groenlandica (Oeder) Fern. Common Names: Goldthread Greenland, Sabouillane, Sibouillane, Gold-thread. Small herbaceous perennial with rhizomes slender, wiry and yellow gold (Figure 1). The leaves of this plant are basal, long-stalked, glossy superiorly (Figure 2)1.
Plant card
22 September 2014
Laurie Caron – Plant Card Latin name: Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook Common names: Immortal, Immortal silver, Life-everlasting, Anaphale daisy. Anaphalis margaritacea is a herbaceous, perennial and widespread in the temperate boreal zone1. It is often found in fields and roadsides (Figure 1). You can easily recognize this plant by its long stem (30-100
Plant card
15 September 2014
Laurie Caron – Plant card Latin name: Cornus canadensis (L.) Common Names: Dogwood Canada, Four-time Mullets, Dwarf cornel, Bunch-berry. Cornus canadensis (L.) known as the four-time or Canadian dogwood is an herb that is found mostly in the undergrowth of the boreal forest of Quebec. An herb is a plant which by definition does not