Yaupon Holly, Ilex vomitoria, is the only Native American plant that contains caffeine, and drinking the tea is a lost art that is recently making a comeback. Yaupon tea is a tisane, or herbal infusion. It is not a true tea like that of the Chinese black tea, Camelia sinensis. Yaupon grows … [Read more...] about Making A Tea/Coffee Substitute From Yaupon Leaves
Native Plants
My Experience Tending to Passionfruit Vine: Inadvertently Raising Gulf Fritillary Caterpillars
During my time at Stephen F. Austin State University, beginning in 2006, I learned how to identify plants, including edible plants. Among my mentors was Greg Grant, who was in charge of the SFASU Pineywoods Native Plant Center at the time and is now a well-known East Texas horticulturalist and … [Read more...] about My Experience Tending to Passionfruit Vine: Inadvertently Raising Gulf Fritillary Caterpillars