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Wild ginger

Asarum canadense

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42.7558, -78.8378

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Description:

Creeping groundcover plant related to trilliums.

Aromatic root tastes like true ginger but a. Canadense is carcinogenic so consumption should be avoided

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nature of new york
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PublishedMay 15, 2016

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