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Try looking up: <font size=2><b>Aswini Pai</b></font> on Google. I
don't have her current contact information.<br><br>
Aswini was a graduate student at Ohio University studying Calamus and has
a wealth of information on it. <br><br>
Also I have read (not sure where) that trappers throughout the east would
routinely plant it along their trap lines so that it was available to
them when they were out running their lines and would be away from home
for long periods of time. It was used by trappers for upset stomach
and stomach ailments according to what I remember reading.<br><br>
We have found small patches on this property in what is now a mature
hardwood forest. It was growing near wet/spring sites and not far
from an old farm site from the 1800's. The settlers may have
planted it there or it may have been planted beforehand by trappers or
Native Americans.<br><br>
Very interesting.<br><br>
Chip<br><br>
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At 03:44 PM 3/29/2006, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I am looking for information
concerning the possible correlation between<br>
Sweet Flag (Acorus americanus -possibly A. calamus) and heritage
resource<br>
sites. A number of publications and web sites have pointed towards
this<br>
notion, for instance, the Flora of North America states, "Native
Americans<br>
probably played a significant role in the present day distribution
of<br>
Acorus americanus because Sweet Flag rhizomes and plants were valued
by<br>
many groups and were objects of trade. Disjunct populations occur
in<br>
localities that are often near old Native American village sites or
camping<br>
areas." However, a botanical survey in the Dempsey Divide
Study Area of<br>
Oklahoma is the only research I have come across to substantiate
this<br>
interesting observation. I understand it was used both medicinally
and<br>
ceremonially, but what about this use caused it to be so highly valued
as<br>
to affect its distibution in North America. Any ideas?<br>
Thanks!<br><br>
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