Hunting Ephedra.

[Bram_]

Has anyone ever seen or heard of Ephedra plants being found in Oregon?  Where on earth is Ephedra found?  I have a couple plants I found in the desert in Central Oregon that are prob. Ephedra.  I was just wondeing if anyone knew.

JLS

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[LizJah]

Got pix?

I've been to all reaches Oregon and have never seen Ephedra. (I actually know what it looks like!)

Lizzy

[thymez]

ephedra is grown in China, and I believe you can find it at http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/ or http://www.bouncingbearbotanicals.com/ k? thymez

[Django]

Has anyone ever seen or heard of Ephedra plants being found in Oregon?  Where on earth is Ephedra found?  I have a couple plants I found in the desert in Central Oregon that are prob. Ephedra.  I was just wondeing if anyone knew.

JLS

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hi hamison schuetz i didn't saw Ephedra Plants but i heard something about it but i don't know whether i am right or not. But what i know i am share with you in my this post: The ephedra - ma huang in the Chinese system of medicine -  is a plant which is valued as a herbal remedy. The plant's principal alkaloid [/size]

compound ephedrine and various other derivatives of the plant saw substantial use in the western system of medicine early on, and it may be one of the first Chinese herbal remedies to do so. The use of the plant as an herbal remedy in China goes 5,000 years back, traditionally the green stems of many different varieties of the ephedra species, specifically the E. sinica spp., the E. equisetina spp., and related plants in the Ephedraceae family, were and are used in herbal medications. The traditional use of the species is not limited to China, for example, traditionally in India, the E. gerardiana spp. was extensively used in the herbal treatment of bronchial asthma

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and in treating other related disorders affecting the respiratory system.

[gwalchgwyn]

Greets Jamison and interested individuals ~

yes 2 ephedras, including E. viridis, grow in Oregon's dryer areas.

Good range map sources for any plant in the United States are www.plants.usda.gov and www.bonap.org

at least one good online source for herbal constituencies is the South West School of Botanical Medicine, www.swsbm.com.

[Bram_]

hi,
i knew ephedra viridis grows in Oregon.  Is the other species of ephedra, ephedra nevadensis that grows in Oregon?  I saw you said 2 ephedras, but I already knew ephedra viridis grew in Oregon, but it might look quite different than ephedra viridis growing in other parts of the world.

Jamison

[Avery L. Breath]

That would be interesting to see.  I've spent alot of time in central oregon looking for rocks and have never spotted a ephedra plant.  Utah, thats another story.  The've got some variety I've collected called mormon tea, or also called whorehouse tea.  I think it's something like ephedra sinauca or sinica or something.... so I wouldn't imagine it'd be much of a stretch to see it in oregon desert.

[gwalchgwyn]

according to the rangemaps (see tools in my post above) both occur in Harney County (just enter the latin, or, for the usda map, set to state search and fill in state and plant name, then you can click on the state if the plant is present - green - and it will break it down to county), but it is possible if not likely that they occur elsewhere nearby (Malheur, Lake, others).  the good thing about these tools is that they are based on experiential knowledge, so can and do update as reports come in; also given that everything on the planet is on the move!  also the bonap seems to be a little better, b/c even though by county, it uses gradations of occurence that indicates more of a geograph than a polital graph ~ cheers!

[Bram_]

yes, i noticed a plant that is called ephedra viridis on a webpage with a picture that looked like it was different from ephedra viridis found on the internet.  this plant is called mormon tea, but it is different than ephedra viridis say at shaman-australis!  does anyone know anything about this?  thanks.


jamison

[lindaranson47]

Hello i do have someone who has that you can email me at  linda_ransom@aol.com  for more details