Goat’s Beard, also called Bride’s Feathers, is most likely found in areas that are moist and shady. An herb and a member of the Rosaceae Family, it grows by Kiosk 11.  Found world-wide, one can eat a soup in Rome made of Goat’s Beard roots in the same manner it’s been created for 2,000 years. (This writer was treated to such a lunch by Vatican officials at a Roman restaurant existing before the time of Christ, thank you Marcellus and Giovani who I have now worked with for over 20 years!)  It was used by Native Indigenous Peoples as a medicine for treating smallpox, although never proven to be effective.   Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; sparsely populated, found in a small areas of Cascadia Floristic Region and the Gardens.

http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Aruncus+dioicus 
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ARDI8
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Aruncus%20dioicus 
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Aruncus&Species=dioicus&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year 
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-11.pdf

Since the time of the Romans, people have used this plant for nourishment, but interestingly, not in:

Africa
Asia
North America

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