Senna (or Cassia ... enjoyed by larger birds like bobwhite quails and wild turkeys. Native Americans used the root of the plant to treat high fevers, pneumonia, and as a worm remedy.

is another native and similar to Bahama senna but taller, and more tree-like. The two native sennas are sometimes available at native plant nurseries. Bahama senna will be offered at the Members ...

Plant caterpillar food, says Mary Anne Borge, the editor of Butterfly Gardener, a publication put out by the North American Butterfly ... caterpillar on a wild senna. Photograph by Mary Anne ...

Native tall plants that are deer resistant include New England asters (Aster novae-angliae), wild senna (Cassia hebecarpa) and Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus). Native Ohio flowering ...

have had 40,000 years to explore and experiment with our native North American flora. By contrast, European-descended botanists have been studying these plants for just a couple of centuries. Dr.