Showing posts with label snakeberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snakeberry. Show all posts

Monday, April 18, 2011

Sea of Green


While camping in Birch Bay State Park, we came across this sea of green plants, rioting out of the spring-warm soil. We thought they must be some kind of lily, and we were sort of right-- they're called false lily of the valley. They're also known as snakeberry and two-leaved Solomon's seal, and from root to berry have been used for their medicinal properties for thousands of years.