Yellowroot is a native shrub of stream banks and moist forest ravines in the Appalachians and southern Appalachians, with pinnately compound leaves and small, dark purple-brown flower clusters in spring. The roots and inner wood are bright yellow with berberine alkaloids, used medicinally by indigenous peoples. It forms dense colonies along mountain streams.
Habitat
Stream banks and moist ravines in the Appalachian region
Diet
Small flowers visited by native bees; provides stream bank cover for wildlife
How common
Common
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