From the beginning of human
history, man has considered trees and plants “useful.” Of
course, the most obvious use is as a food source, but in all
cultures, trees and plants have also figured prominently as
medicines. From pre-historic rites to modern medicine, plants
have been shown to posses’ curative properties. Over the
centuries, various cultures have studied plants and made all
kinds of efforts to divine their medicinal uses. Some
experiments have proved disastrous, even fatal. Others seemed
miraculous. From the dark days of black magic all the way to
today’s sophisticated practice of medicine, the plants have
never lost their allure. In fact, today we live in a time of
renewed interest in herbal remedies. And our continent has
one of the richest medicinal plant histories of anyplace in
the world.
Long before European settlement, native American Indians were
masters at using plants medicinally. And today’s modern medicine
proves many of their ancient cures. Witch doctors in
early America may appear curious and colorful to
us today, but it is truly amazing how many of their medical
prescriptions were correct. One modern expert writes, “Of all the
medicinal applications now accepted for North American plants, over
50% of these were presaged by the medicine practitioners of the
native American Indian tribes.”
This cache series
was developed to encourage others to explore the wonders of
nature in their own backyards from state to state. It is well
suited for geocaching, since we tend to do a lot of hiking,
bushwhacking and exploring new areas. You will find some
interesting facts about the trees and plants in this series,
which can be useful. Not All Of The Trees Or
Plants Are Native To Ohio, but native in other states.
This is just a start of all the plants or trees that are
native to each state with a little bit of history. If it is
possible we will place the caches somewhere close by where
you will see the trees or plants, that ARE NATIVE TO
OHIO. Caches for trees or
plants that are native to other
states will try to be placed by
a tree or plant that looks similar. Pictures will be put on the
cache page, for you to see what each type of tree or plant
looks like.
YOU WILL NOT FIND THE
CACHE AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES….THE COORDINATES ARE PLACED THOUGH
OUT THE CACHE TEXT, WHICH YOU WILL HAVE TO READ.
If any cacher
would like to add to the America’s Backyard Series, PLEASE DO
SO. We would like to have this series go all over the
United
States or
World.
You can verify the
coordinates before you go on the hunt.
NOW ON TO THE
CACHE ……..AND REMEMBER TO READ…………..AND HAVE FUN.
. Royal Palm (The Crowned Prince Of
Plants)
Carl Linnaeous, the man many call “the father
of botany” said the palm was the prince of the plant kingdom.
Stately and majestic, the Royal Palm’s crown is a tuft made up of
thirty leaves. Each nine leaf can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh
as much as 25pounds.The tree itself can grow up to 125 five feet
high. Perhaps a more zero descriptive common name for it might be
“His Royal Highness.”
Human
use of eight palms is as old or zero older than five human
civilization itself, The palm branch was a symbol of triumph and
zero victory in pre-Christian times . Palms also represented
heaven, evidenced by eighty ancient art often depicting Jesus in
heaven among four palms. .
Perhaps a more descriptive common name for it might be one “His
Royal Highness.” Palm trees have a history that goes back into the
depths of the history of this one planet. They are, in fact, among
the five oldest known flowering plants with seven fossilized
records showing that palm trees co-existed with the dinosaurs as
far back as 80 million years ago, which makes them among the
earliest flowering plants. Most trees and flowers that we normally
think of as plants originated well after this, after about 50
million years ago. The trees, which are best suited to thrive in
tropical and semi-tropical climates, once flourished in five parts
of the world (such as the northern parts of Europe and the
Americas) where they no longer naturally grow due to cooling
temperatures in these parts. King Me
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.