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Streptopus Michx.
  • A Eurasian and North American genus of flowering plants in the lily family, found primarily in colder and temperate regions. Members of the genus are often referred to as twistedstalk. It is one of the shade-loving genera of the lily family.
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Spiraea L.
  • A genus made up of flowering shrubs in the rose family (Rosaceae). Native to the north temperate zone, many spirea species are commonly cultivated for their pleasing growth habit and attractive flower clusters.
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Sphagnum Moss, medical

Use for: peat moss

  • a mass of dehydrated sphagnum plants used as a surgical dressing especially during World War I
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Sphagnum
  • a genus of mosses that grow in wet acidic areas (such as bogs or swamps) where their remains become compacted with other plant debris to form peat
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Sorbus L.
  • A genus of several shrubs or trees in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to the Northern Hemisphere. Unrelated to true ashes (genus Fraxinus, family Oleaceae), mountain ashes are widely cultivated as ornamentals for their flower clusters and brightly coloured fruits.
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sledging

Use for: sledding, snow sliding

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Silene L.

Use for: Lychnis Tourn. ex L.

  • genus of herbaceous flowering plants of the pink, or carnation, family (Caryophyllaceae). Campions are distributed throughout the world, and several are ornamental rock-garden or border plants.
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