Location: Just past overhead bridge, in raised bed along the sidewalk
Northeastern Woodlands and Iroquois-speaking tribes make food and medicine (e.g., for treating arthritis, cuts, and intestinal problems) from the sensitive fern.
Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
Location: Large tree at back corner of Rowley Hall and Butler Hall
The Seminole make food, crafts, and medicine (e.g., for treating sores, cuts, and back pain) from the willow oak. Oaks in general are highly revered trees by the Cherokee and other Iroquois-speaking tribes, as well as by the Rappahannock, Delaware, and other Algonquian-speaking tribes.
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
Location: Behind large willow oak at back corner of Rowley and Butler Halls
The Rappahannock, Delaware, and Cherokee are among the Indigenous peoples who value the flowering dogwood for building, decorations, teeth cleaning, and medicine (e.g., for treating headaches and parasitic infections).
Ornamental holly (Ilex sp.)
Location: Tree with red berries in corner close to glass entrance doors of Rowley Hall
The Cherokee, Delaware, and Rappahannock, among other Indigenous tribes, appreciate the usefulness of a similar, common native Virginia tree of this region – American holly (Ilex opaca var. opaca) – when making spoons and other cooking tools, decorations, dyes, and medicine (e.g., for treating skin rashes).
Holly is a year-round habitat for wildlife such as turkey and small mammals, which are important sources of food and clothing.
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