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Botanicals

Botanical	Country	Availability	Products
Black Spruce, Picea Mariana	Canada	Feb – May	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Subalpine Fir, Abies Iasiocarpa	Canada	Jul – Oct	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Lodgepole Pine, Pinus contorta	Canada	Nov – Dec	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
White Spruce, Picea glauca	Canada	Jul – Sep	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Dorado Azul, Hyptis suaveolens	Ecuador	Jan – Dec	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Ylang Ylang, Cananga odorata	Ecuador	Jan – Dec	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Eucalyptus Blue, Eucalyptus bicostata	Ecuador	Jun – Jul	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Incan Melissa, Lippia alba	Ecuador	May – Dec	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Paicotea, Ocotea aciphylla	Ecuador	Jul – Dec	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Palo Santo, Bursera graveolens	Ecuador	Oct – Nov	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Ocotea, Ocotea quixos	Ecuador	Jan – Dec	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Clary Sage, Salvia sclarea	France	Jun – Jul	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis	France	Jun – Jul	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia	France	Jul	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis	France	Jun	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Shell Ginger, Alpinia zerumbet	Japan	Jan – Dec	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Blue Spruce, Picea pungens	US, ID	May – Dec	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis	US, ID	Sep	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia	US, ID	Aug	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Melissa, Melissa officinalis	US, ID	Jul	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Blue Spruce, Picea pungens	US, ID	Aug	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Grand Fir, Abies grandis	US, ID	May – Dec	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
White Fir, Abies concolor	US, ID	May – Dec	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Blue Yarrow, Achillea millefolium	US, UT	Aug	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Clary Sage, Salvia sclarea	US, UT	Jun – Jul	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis	US, UT	Sep	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis	US, UT	Jun – Jul	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Juniper, Juniperus osteosperma	US, UT	Jan – Jun	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia	US, UT	Aug	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass
Melissa, Melissa officinalis	US, UT	Jul	🌿 Hydrosol 🌱 Essential Oil 🌍 Biomass

Canada

Black Spruce

Picea mariana

Picea mariana, commonly known as “Black Spruce”, is a widely distributed conifer of the northern parts of North America. Black Spruce is generally slender than White Spruce, with a top tuft of branches. Its lightweight and strong wood is yellow-white in color, being one of the most important pulpwood species of Canada. This slow-growing species is moderately shade tolerant and can grow under conditions of low nutrient availability.

Black spruce gum can be chewed for endurance while running. When the spruce gum is white it can be used to treat infected wounds or prevent cuts from becoming infected [23]. The tip or bud of the young spruce branch can be peeled and eaten to treat heart problems. The young cones can be boiled to make a mouth wash for mouth infections, toothache, or sore throat or to clear phlegm from the throat.

Harvest Times: Feb - May

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Lodgepole Pine

Pinus contorta

Lodgepole Pine, or Pinus contorta, thrives across western North America, adapting to diverse environments from coastal rainforests to mountains. This conifer stands out with its straight trunk, bundles of two needles, and a unique ability to regenerate after wildfires, thanks to its heat-requiring cones. Its ecological importance and adaptability highlight its significance in North American forests.

Smoldering twigs are applied to arthritic or injured joints for the pain and swelling. Its wood is used to make maul heads and leister pole [24].

Harvest Times: Nov - Dec

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Subalpine Fir

Abies lasiocarpa

Subalpine Fir, or Abies lasiocarpa, is a distinctive conifer thriving in the high elevations of western North America. With a symmetrical, spire-like form and smooth, gray bark, it stands out in its mountainous habitat. Its flat, spirally arranged needles release a balsamic scent when crushed, and its upright cones add to its ornamental value. Adapted to cool climates and well-drained soils, it often marks the tree line’s upper boundary. The tree is a crucial wildlife habitat, embodying the rugged beauty of its alpine environment.

The needle has been used as a deodorant, and its smudge smoke has been inhaled for headaches. Poultice of leaves, and decoction of bark are applied for colds. Decoction of bark have been taken for tuberculosis [24].

Harvest Times: Jul - Oct

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

White Spruce

Picea glauca

White Spruce, or Picea glauca, is a key conifer in North America’s northern forests, with a robust and symmetrical form. It stands out with dense bluish-green needles and light, strong wood, making it important for lumber and paper production. White Spruce grows quickly and adapts well to various soil conditions, even those of low fertility, showcasing its resilience across a broad range of environments.

Inner bark can be boiled and used to make a wash for decayed teeth, skin sores, and burns. The pitch may be wrapped in cloth and used as a compress to draw the infection out of sores. Decoction of small branches with the pitch can be drunk to treat colds or influenza, while inner bark decoction used for treating arthritis [23].

Harvest Times: Jul - Sep

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Croatia

Helichrysum

Helichrysum orientale

Helichrysum italicum, a member of the Helichrysum genus, is an evergreen species native to the Mediterranean region. As a xerophytic plant, this species possesses the capacity to thrive in arid, sandy, and rocky environments found throughout Mediterranean areas. This attribute also enables Helichrysum italicum to flourish across a broad spectrum of elevations, ranging from sea level to 2,200 meters.

The most documented traditional applications of Helichrysum italicum pertain to respiratory, digestive, and skin-related inflammatory ailments. Additional therapeutic uses encompass antimicrobial properties, wound healing, gall and bladder disorders, and analgesic applications [34].

Harvest Times: Jun

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Ecuador

Dorado Azul

Hyptis suaveolens

Hyptis suaveolens (L.) poit, a rigid sweetly aromatic herb belongs to the family (Lamiales: Lamiaceae) is a native of tropical America. The stems of the plant are four-angled, velvety, having long hairs and gland dots. The leaves are opposite and ovate, about 2.5 to 10cm long. Leaves are often purple tinged particularly on the margin. The flowers are auxiliary with long stalk, hairy calyx and about 4mm long. They are often dark purple and glandular. The corolla is two-lipped, mauve with dark purple lines at the base of the broad two-lobed upper lip. The seeds are flat and mucilaginous.

The medicinal important plant Hyptis suaveolens is used by various tribal communities of Maharashtra, Marathwada region to cure various diseases like, parasitical cutaneous, diseases, infection of uterus, and as a sudorific in catarrhal condition. The plant is stimulant carminative, antispasmodic, antirheumatic, antisuportic bath. It is also used for headache, stomachache, and snuff to stop bleeding of the nose [2]. Its leaves are commonly used in the treatment of stomach pain [3]. The plant is considered to be a stimulant, carminative, sudorific, and galactagogue. Infusion of plant is used in catarrhal conditions and parasitical cutaneous diseases. The leaf juice is taken in cases of colic and stomachache. The leaves and raps are considered to be antispasmodic and are used in antirheumatic and antisuporific baths. Hyptis suaveolens has been used in folk medicine for the treatment of skin complaints including burns and wounds [4].

Harvest Times: Jan - Dec

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Eucalyptus Blue

Eucalyptus bicostata

Eucalyptus bicostata is a tree that has been crossbred over 250 years in the wilds of the Andean Mountains in Ecuador [28].

The native people of Ecuador have used the disinfecting leaves to cover wounds and repel insects. It has been found in the world today that does not cause an allergic reaction in people who have allergies to eucalyptol. n Iran, the decoction of its leaves known as “Okaliptus” has been used to treat diabetes mellitus by herb-al healers in Shiraz province. its oil is used externally for the treatment of rheumatism, asthma, migraine and headache as well asantispasmodic, decongestant, diaphoretic and expectorant [21,22].

Harvest Times: Jun - Jul

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Incan Melissa

Lippia alba

Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson is a small aromatic shrub that belongs to the Verbenaceae family; it is known by the common names falsa melissa, pronto alivio, quita dolor, or cidrela [29]. This species widely grows in Central and South America [30], being traditionally and extensively used in Latin America, from Mexico to Cuba, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil. This species grows up to 3m and its limbs have variable forms with pointed apex, cuneiform, or decumbent base, and serrated or crenated border.

In Brazil, the leaves are used to make an infusion against hypertension, stomach colic, nausea, bad cold, and external use to wound healing. The roots also have been used in an infusion for bad colds y coughs [15]. The plant is used in Mexico for the treatment of stomachache, soothevesiclese, and gastritis [16,17]. In Guatemala, the leaf is used by decoction for coughs, maceration for skin diseases, infusion for flatulence, burnt for nausea and vomiting, and crushed for headache [18]. The leaves and branches are used as infusion or decoction against insomnia and anxiety [19]. In Napo-Ecuador, the leaves are cooked with amazon chamomille or chilca and verbena, which are used to treat cough, fever, headache, and stomachache; together with other plants, it treats diseases caused by changes or climatic variations [20].

Harvest Times: Jun - Dec

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Paicotea

Ocotea aciphylla

Ocotea aciphylla is native to tropical and subtropical America, including Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela [34, 35]. This species grows up to 35 m in height, its trunk diameter is 60 to 80 cm, and its bark has a similar aroma to cinnamon [36].

A member of the Shuar indigenous group (located in Taisha, Morona Santiago province) explained that he and his ancestors used O. aciphylla to make infusions to treat diabetes and in purifying alcoholic beverages (personal communication with Gonzalo of Shuar, March 29, 2021). This indigenous group eats the mesocarp, and the flowers are prepared in preserves [8]. O. aciphylla has been used by indigenous groups to treat snake bites, as a stomachic, tonic, antirheumatic, and depurative [7,9,10]. The decoction or alcoholic macerate of stem bark has been used against dental caries, abdominal disorders, and bloody diarrhea [11].

Harvest Times: Jul - Dec

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Palo Santo

Bursera graveolens

Bursera graveolens, commonly known as “Palo Santo”, translated from Spanish meaning “holy wood”, is a deciduous tree native of tropical America, going from Mexico to Peru. Palo Santo tree is the most found species in the dry forest areas of southern Ecuador. Bursera graveolens is a tree from 3 to 15 m height, with curls and reddish-brown bark, with alternate leaves grouped at the tips of its branches. It has unisexual flowers, and the fruits are sub globose or bivalve ovoid.

Its wood is the most used part, with a sweet, balsamic odor, and has traditionally been used as incense in houses or churches [12]. B. graveolens is used in folk medicine for stomachache, rheumatism, as abortive, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, analgesic, depurative [13]. Dried leaves and bark have been used traditionally in Ecuador to threat dermatitis by aqueous infusion and as insecticide by burning the plant material [14].

Harvest Times: Oct - Nov

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Ocotea

Ocotea quixos

Ocotea quixos (Lauraceae) is a medium-sized tree native to Amazonian Ecuador and neighboring countries, widely distributed in the Andean and Amazonian regions between 0-1000 m a.s.l., especially in the Amazonian provinces of Napo and Sucumbios. The tree produces biennial big and woody flower calices, locally called Ishpingo [8]. The Ocotea quixos plant is a tree that can measure up to 25 m in height and 80 cm in diameter; its flowers are small and green-ish-white in color, and its leaves are up to 15 cm long with a dark-green beam. The fruits are approximately 5 cm long and yellowish-green in color.

According to ethnobotanical knowledge, O. quixos, can be used to treat gastric and intestinal complaints, flu, colds, vomiting, diarrhea, wound healing and local anesthetic [5]. 3961.The leaves and fruit calices from ishpingo are used to prepare aromatic waters. In Ecuador, this species is part of the preparation of ritual foods, such as the traditional drink of the day of the dead, “colada morada”. Ishpingo is also used in some traditional remedies; the infusion is consumed to treat diabetes and to calm body aches, and it is also taken by women after childbirth to improve digestion [6]. The flowers are traditionally used by the indigenous people of the Amazon as a cinnamon-substitute spice and to aromatize sweets and cakes.

Harvest Times: Jan - Dec

Harvest Times Ishpingo: Oct

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Ylang Ylang

Cananga odorata

Cananga odorata is a tall tree growing typically up to a height of 30–70 feet but rarely up to a height of 100 feet. The entire, simple, 20cm-long leaf is dark green, alternate, elliptic-oblong, slightly pubescent with a prominent midrib. The fruit is greenish-black in color initially turning to yellow on maturity. The highly fragrant flower is greenish-yellow initially turning to deep yellow/yellowish-brown on maturity.

Ylang–ylang oil is used in aromatherapy as sedative, antiseptic, aphrodisiac, and for treating trauma, acute anxiety, and phobias. It is reported to have relaxing effect when used for massaging humans. In some countries, the flowers are used for ceremonial purposes. Other uses of the oil include scenting of coconut oil in some countries [1].

Harvest Times: Jan - Dec

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

France

Clary Sage

Salvia sclarea

Clary sage is a biennial plant, native to southern Europe that easily self-seeds in the garden. The winter rosette has a relatively mild fragrance, but the entire inflorescence, reaching up to 39 inches (1 m) in height and displaying white or pink flowers accompanied by leafy bracts, possesses a distinct and overpowering amber-lavender scent. The leaves are broadly ovate, with a heart-shaped base, and measure approximately 3 to 5 inches (8 to 14 cm) in length. While some forms are characterized by long bracts, the seed offerings of this variety in the market do not differ significantly from standard clary sage seed lots [37].

The herb’s traditional use for cleansing the eyes has led to its specific epithet—meaning “clear”—as well as its common name. Traditionally, these particular species have been employed as therapeutic agents to address inflammatory conditions such as gingivitis, stomatitis, and aphthae, as well as to alleviate symptoms of the common cold and neurasthenia, enhance lactation, and inhibit excessive perspiration [31]. The seeds become mucilaginous when exposed to water and were once utilized to remove small dirt particles from the eyes. Clary sage imparts a muscatel flavor to alcoholic beverages and is employed to flavor wines, vermouths, and liqueurs, earning it the alternative common name of muscatel sage [31].

Harvest Times: Jun - Jul

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Hyssop

Hyssopus officinalis

Hyssopus officinalis is a blossoming herbaceous plant that enjoys extensive cultivation across various European nations, including Russia, Spain, France, and Italy [38]. H. officinalis is a perennial and semi-perennial aromatic plant with a pungent pleasant smell, growing wild in dry, rocky, or almost sandy or silty, calcareous soils [39].

The parts used (crude drug), both from wild and cultivated plants, are the aerial parts (Herba hissopi) known by traditional medicine to have health properties to treat several digestive, genitourinary, and respiratory disorders [32].

Harvest Times: Jun

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

Lavandula angustifolia (Lamiaceae), commonly known as “lavender”, is an aromatic bush, typically reaching a height of 50–60 centimeters, al- though certain cultivars have the potential to attain greater stature. Calyx thirteen-nerved, with small circular appendage. Corolla strongly bilater- al symmetrical, nearly twice the length of calyx with prominent lobes, shades of blue/mauve, white, rarely violet pink in color. Native to SW and South Central Europe (Italy, France and Spain) in mountainous areas usually over 1500 m, but widely cultivated and sometimes naturalized elsewhere.

The entire dried plant is employed for addressing stomach inflammation and skeletal discomfort; it is also utilized in postnatal care, uterine prolapse, fever, and combating negative air (mal aire); additionally, it serves as an incense for purification purposes. Foliage and blossoms are employed to alleviate headaches, dyspepsia, and rheumatic conditions, and they serve as emmenagogues, expectorants, and sedatives. Desiccated blossoms, foliage, stalks, and seeds are utilized for addressing colds, flatulence, as well as cardiac and nervous system issues [28].

Harvest Times: Jun

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis

Rosmarinus officinalis L., commonly known as Rosemary, belongs to the mint family (Lamiaceae) and it is indigenous to the southern regions of Europe [40]. R. officinalis constitutes an aromatic, lignified, predominantly upright, evergreen heliophilous perennial shrub that thrives in sandy soils or on arid and stony inclines in close proximity to the ocean, under unobstructed sunlight. This species can attain a height of up to 2 meters, featuring leaves akin to needles imbued with a menthol fragrance, extending 2-3 centimeters in length [41].

The leaves of the plant are commonly used as a spice and as a source of antioxidant compounds employed in food conservation [9]. Rosemary has garnered widespread recognition as a spice possessing exceptional antioxidant attributes, and it is additionally employed for its antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer properties [33].

Harvest Times: Jun

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Japan

Shell Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet

Alpinia zerumbet commonly referred to as “shell ginger” in English and “getto” in Japanese, is a perennial plant indigenous to the subtropical and tropical territories of East Asia. Specifically, its distribution encompasses the Nansei archipelago, which is situated amidst the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea in Japan. Shell ginger is a perennial herbaceous plant characterized by its rhizomes, which exude a distinct ginger aroma when sliced. The plant exhibits bifacial, slender leaves that span approximately 25–35 cm in length. Often cultivated as a compact indoor plant, its beautiful flowers display a pink hue in their budding stage and bear a resemblance to seashells. The spherical fruits of A. zerumbet feature striations and transition from an initial yellow hue to a vibrant red as they reach maturity.

Historically, the seeds of A. zerumbet have been employed as medicinal herbs, believed to possess intestinal-regulatory properties. Furthermore, the plant’s stems serve as a valuable resource for paper production in various industries, while its leaves and rhizomes are commonly utilized in the preparation of herbal teas and as spices, respectively [2]. In Okinawa, it was once customary to utilize the leaves as a wrapping material for portable foods, as well as for steaming buns and rice cakes. The practice of enveloping the traditional rice cake, muchi, in these leaves continues to this day. The people of Okinawa, a region characterized by high temperatures and humidity that accelerate food spoilage, have acknowledged the antiseptic and antibacterial properties of A. zerumbet [35].

Harvest Times: Jan - Dec

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

United States, Central Idaho

Blue Spruce

Picea pungens

Picea pungens, commonly known as “Blue Spruce”, is a slow growing conifer in the Pinaceae family native to North America that can reach heights of 50 m, with populations from 1800 m to 3000 m of elevation [42,43]. Bark rough and scaly, deeply fissured at lower part of trunk, dark grey-brown. Leaves spreading radially, rigid, directed upward and forward, parted below shoot, 1.5–3 cm long [4].

Blue Spruce is widely used as an ornamental species, being planted in landscapes and shelterbelts in temperate zones [25]. The branches have been used in Chant of the Sun’s House ceremonies [26].

Harvest Times: May - Dec

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Native to North America, the perennial herbaceous plant Solidago canadensis L., occasionally referred to as Canada goldenrod, has experienced a rapid expansion across Asia (including China, Russia-Caucasia and Siberia, Japan, and Taiwan), Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. In these regions, it is deemed an invasive weed. The plant is distinguishable by its golden blossoms, comprising numerous minuscule capitula, and stems ranging from 60 to 150 cm in length, occasionally extending to 210 or 250 cm [45].

Infusion of roots and flowers has been used for side pains, flu, and diarrhea. Crushed blossoms chewed for sore throat. Plant used to make a steam bath for crippled, paralyzed people [26].

Harvest Times: Sep

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

The entire desiccated plant is employed for addressing stomach inflammation and skeletal discomfort; it is also utilized in postnatal care, uterine prolapse, fever, and combating negative air (mal aire); additionally, it serves as an incense for purification purposes. Foliage and blossoms are employed to alleviate headaches, dyspepsia, and rheumatic conditions, and they serve as emmenagogues, expectorants, and sedatives. Desiccated blossoms, foliage, stalks, and seeds are utilized for addressing colds, flatulence, as well as cardiac and nervous system issues [28].

Harvest Times: Aug

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Melissa

Melissa officinalis

Melissa officinalis is a perennial herb native species from Europe that is currently cultivated around the world. M. officinalis has square stem, erect branched, growing as a tuft, and is generally 30 to 80 cm in height [46]. The leaves are hairy, smooth in texture, and have a lemon-like aroma [47].

Historically, Melissa officinalis has already been recognized as an herb with a lemon scent, calming, anti-gas, fever-reducing, antibacterial, spasmolytic, hypotensive, memory enhancing, menstrual, and thyroid-associated [27]. It has been used for colds, typhus fevers, chills, colics, and stomachaches [26].

Harvest Times: Jul

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

United States, North Idaho

Blue Spruce

Picea pungens

Blue Spruce is widely used as an ornamental species, being planted in landscapes and shelterbelts in temperate zones [25]. The branches have been used in Chant of the Sun’s House ceremonies [26].

Harvest Times: Aug

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Grand Fir

Abies grandis

Abies grandis, commonly known as “Grand fir,” has a split distribution along the Pacific Coast from Southern British Columbia (Canada) to Northern California. It is predominantly a lowland tree species, growing along valleys and stream bottoms with high groundwater levels and occurring at elevations up to 1830 meters above sea level . This species is characterized by fast height growth of approximately 80 meters , having pointed needle tip shape, alternating longer and shorter needles [¹³–¹⁴]. Grand fir is shade tolerant and often takes a subordinate position in the stand when mixed with other inland species .

Grand Fir is well known for its medicinal value. Pitch collected from young trees has been used as tonic and laxative, or for coughs and tuberculosis. It was also heated and mixed with catfish oil for constipation. Roots of the plant were used to cure gum boils and canker sores. Branches were used for purification rites or winter ceremonies [29].

Harvest Times: May - Dec

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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White Fir

Abies concolor

White Fir, or Abies concolor, is notable for its conical shape and striking blue-green needles, thriving in western North America’s mountains. Its smooth, gray bark and resistant, light-colored wood make it a favorite for construction and décor. Adaptable to varied soil moisture levels, White Fir grows at a moderate pace and withstands cold well, underlining its ecological resilience.

This species has been used by several western North American tribes. Infusion of the foliage was used to treat rheumatism, while the resin has been used to treat cuts, wounds sores, and for respiratory troubles [30]. The soft bark resin eaten of infusion of bark taken for tuberculosis [26].

Harvest Times: May - Dec

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

United States, Mt. Nebo

Blue Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Blue Yarrow, scientifically known as Achillea millefolium, is a hardy perennial herb celebrated for its vibrant blue to violet flowers and finely dissected foliage. Native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, it flourishes in full sun and well-drained soils. Blue Yarrow is drought-resistant, making it a robust choice for various landscapes. Its compact growth and appealing floral display make it a favored addition to gardens and wildflower meadows. Beyond its ornamental value, it’s known for its use in traditional herbal medicine.

Harvest Times: Aug

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Clary Sage

Salvia sclarea

Harvest Times: Jun - Jul

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Infusion of roots and flowers has been used for side pains, flu, and diarrhea. Crushed blossoms chewed for sore throat. Plant used to make a steam bath for crippled, paralyzed people [26].

Harvest Times: Sep

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

Certifications:

Hyssop

Hyssopus officinalis

Harvest Times: Jun - Jul

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Juniper

Juniperus osteosperma

Juniper most often grow’s as a low shrub reaching up to 4.9 feet (1.5 m) in height and 7.6 to 13.1 feet (2-4 m) across. The leaves, berries, and trunk are steam distilled. Utah Juniper is a variety of Juniper native to most of North America.

Harvest Times: Jan - Jun / Sep - Dec

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

Harvest Times: Aug

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Melissa

Melissa officinalis

Harvest Times: Jul

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Western Red Cedarwood

Thuja plicata

Red Western trees can grow to 50 meters tall with a conical to irregular crown. The bark is gray to reddish-brown and 10-25 mm thick. The bark fibrous and separated into flat, connected ridges. The name comes from the area it grows and its cedar-like appearance.

Harvest Times: Jun

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass

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Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood

Santalum paniculatum

This botanical belongs to the Sandalwood family or Santalaceae which comprises about 1,000 species worldwide. Many of these species are native to the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiian sandalwood trees can range from 4.5- 15 meters and the tree canopy diameter can be 3-9 meters.

Harvest Times: Jun

Products Produced:

Hydrosol

Essential Oils

Biomass