Eastern Leatherwood, Leatherwood Dirca palustris

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Botanical Name:

Dirca palustris

Family:

Thymelaeaceae

Genus:

Dirca

Species:

palustris

Common Name:

Eastern Leatherwood, Leatherwood

Height:

4-9 feet

Minimum Hardiness Zone:

Harvest hemisphere:

Northern

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Dirca palustris

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Characteristics

Specimen Shrub

Growing Info, follow in order:

Scarification: none required.

Stratification: none required.

Germination: Fresh, cleaned seed sown immediately outside germinate 54% in spring. sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.

Other: remove seed from fruit prior to treatments - The seed is fragile, the dbs need to be soaked in warm water until the fruit is soft, then it needs to be gently removed by hand.

In a Nutshell:

* Dirca palustris , or Eastern Leatherwood , is a shrub that grows to a maximum height of about three meters. It is native to the eastern half of North America but uncommon, found in rich woods. more...

* A shrub with light green leaves, pale yellow flowers before the leaves, which appear very early, fall color can be a good yellow, likes damp shade, Dirr notes that the Indians used the bark to make bow strings, fishing lines, and baskets--leathery indeed, native to eastern North America

* The tough flexible shoots are used in basket making and as a tying material. A rope can be made from the bark fibres. The bark fibres are also used in making paper. The stems are harvested in summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed until the fibres can be stripped.

* Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat a wide variety of ailments. It is little used in modern herbalism and any use should be carried out with caution since even minute doses can cause salivation and burning of the tongue. more...

Usda description:

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Eastern Leatherwood, Leatherwood Dirca palustris

Dirca palustris

Thymelaeaceae

Dirca

palustris

Eastern Leatherwood, Leatherwood

Dirca palustris

Medicinal

Plant for Moist Soil

Shade Tolerant Plant

Flowering Shrub

Fall Color

Poisonous

Specimen Shrub