Scouler’s Willows are found in areas that are moist and open. A member of the Salicaceae Family, it grows between Kiosk 02 and Kiosk 03 (behind the Gardens 22’ diameter heritage
Western Red Cedar stump). Beavers in Bonhoeffer Botanical Gardens’ waters have had a choice of any of 19 native willow species; they’ve ignored all trees but the willows, and initially all other willow species in favor of Scouler’s. What is the beavers’ attraction to willows and why 1 species of willow? Might beavers feel better because of the Scouler’s (Salix) concentrated pain relief? Native Peoples scraped and cured willow bark for its salicin, found in today’s modern aspirin. This knowledge was not confined to NW Indigenous; willow bark was collected by the Sumerians and Egyptians. Given enough time people learn what works and what does not. Then they take the time to teach their youth what’s true and what is not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salix_scouleriana
https://beaverworks.org/beaver-grocery-stores/
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SASC
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Salix+scouleriana
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjh.14520
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-02.pdf
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Native Peoples cured the willow bark for its:
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