Status of Goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis (Ranunculaceae), in Canada

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-120

  Sinclair, Adrianne ^a,b   Catling, Paul M ^c  

^a Box 214 ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural crop; Conservation status; Distribution; Goldenseal; Hydrastis canadensis; Medicinal; Ontario; Population size; Threatened; Wild harvest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; WOODLAND;

CANADA;

HYDRASTIS; HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 0034097156     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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