Natureserve Apparently Secure Species - Peyote, Goldenseal, Tsuga Canadensis, Acer Floridanum, Quercus Havardii, Erythrina Crista-Galli (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Peyote, Goldenseal, Tsuga canadensis, Acer floridanum, Quercus havardii, Erythrina crista-galli, Arundinaria appalachiana, Meesia uliginosa, Cypripedium reginae, Acacia berlandieri, Serenoa, California Whipsnake, Cordylanthus capitatus, Rhapidophyllum, Fremontodendron californicum, Trillium sessile, Isoetes engelmannii, Citharexylum berlandieri, Senna wislizeni, Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Echinocereus fendleri, Eriogonum longifolium, Eurybia surculosa, Senna alata, Eriogonum kennedyi, Platyhypnidium riparioides, Coccothrinax argentata, Cypripedium montanum, Erigeron decumbens, Eurybia compacta, Eriastrum densifolium, Eurybia schreberi, White-winged Junco, Eurybia chlorolepis, Isoetes valida, Trillium cuneatum, Trillium nivale, Hexastylis virginica, Eurybia radulina, Eupatorium mohrii, Leavenworthia stylosa, Ilex amelanchier, Trillium catesbaei, Trillium luteum, Eupatorium leptophyllum, Trillium decumbens, Eurybia hemispherica, Trillium foetidissimum, Trillium stamineum, Lesquerella lescurii, Trillium vaseyi, Isoetes appalachiana, Timberline Sparrow, Camassia scilloides, Asarum lemmonii, Trillium sulcatum, Tumamoca macdougalii, Nemastylis geminiflora. Excerpt: Lophophora williamsii ( ), better known by its common name Peyote (from the Nahuatl word peyotl), is a small, spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline. It is native to southwestern Texas and Mexico. It is found primarily in the Chihuahuan desert and in the states of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi among scrub, especially where there is limestone. Known for its psychoactive properties when ingested, it is used world wide as an entheogen and supplement to various transcendence practices including meditation, psychonautics, and psychedelic psychotherapy. Peyote has a long history of ritualistic and medicinal use by indigenous America...