Plant List - Kashi Ashram - Sebastian
January 27, 2018
By: Andy Firk

ANDY'S NOTE: At least once a year, I gather with attendees to lead a wild edible and medicinal plant walk around the lush grounds of the Kashi Ashram. This property is floristically diverse, and sits alongside the Sebastian River. My last plant walks at Kashi were January 27th and 28th, 2018. Here are some of the plants that we have seen at this location.
1- Air Plant - Tillandsia fasciculate [Bromeliaceae]
2 - Air Plant, Giant - Tillandsia utriculata [Bromeliaceae]
3 - Air Potato - Dioscorea bulbifera [Dioscoreaceae] Not native - toxic, invasive
4 - Australian Pine
5 - Avocado
6 - Bala [Flannelleaf] - Sida cordifolia [Malvaceae]
7 - Bayberry, Southern
8 - Beautyberry, American - Callicarpa americana [Lamiaceae/Verbenaceae?]
9 - Black Medic
10 - Blackberry
11 - Bleeding Heart Vine
12 - Bracken Fern
13 - Brahmi - Bacopa
14 - Brazilian Pepperberry [ Schinus terebinthifolius [Anacardiaceae]
15 - Briar, Sawt Green - Smilax bona-nox [Smilacaceae] Native - edible shoot tips, raw or cooked / hard root made into flour and medicine
16 - Broom Sedge, Bushy - made into brooms
17 - Bunya Nut - Australian native - delicious edible seeds within large pineapple-looking fruits from female trees
18 - Caesar Weed
19 - Cape Honeysuckle, Orange
20 - Carolina Willow
21 - Cattail
22 - Chaya
23 - Chinese Timber Bamboo [Oldham's Bamboo ] - Bambusa oldhamii [Poaceae]
24 - Climbing Aster - Native
25 - Climbing Fern, Small-Leaf - Lygodium microphyllum
26 - Coastplain Palafox - Palafoxia integrifolia [Asteraceae]
27 - Coconut
28 - Coontie
29 - Cranberry Hibiscus
30 - Creeping Fig - Ficus pumila [Mpraceae]
31 - Creeping Oxeye [Wedelia] - Sphagneticola trilobata [Asteraceae] - Not native, invasive - yellow flowers make a golden dye
32 - Cuban Jute [Indian Hemp - Sida rhombifolia [Malvaceae] Native
33 - Dahoon Holly - Ilex cassine
34 - Dayflower - Commelina [Commelinaceae]
35 - Dixie Tick Trefoil - Desmodium tortulosum [Fabaceae] Not native
36 - Dollarweed
37 - Duck Potato
38 - Elderberry
39 - Elephant's Foot, Giant
40 - Gallberry - Ilex glabra
41 - Golden Shower
42 - Green Shrimp Plant - Ruellia belchum [Acanthaceae] Not native - medicinal
43 - Fetterbush
44 - Firebush
45 - Fleabane, Oak-Leaved - Erigeron quercifolius [Asteraceae] Native
46 - Frostweed - Verbesina
47 - Hairypod Cowpea - Vigna luteola [Fabaceae] Native - edible yellow flowers eaten raw, edible young pods [under 2"] raw or cooked
48 - Horseherb [Straggler Daisy] Calyptocarpus vialis [Asteraceae] medicinal
49 - Indian Plantain - Arnoglossum - probable edible and medicinal
50 - Jackfruit [var. Gold Nugget]
51 - Lady Palm
52 - Lawn Orchid
53 - Leather Fern, Giant
54 - Lemongrass
55 - Licoriceweed [Sweetbroom] - Scoparia dulcis [Asteraceae]
56 - Longleaf Pine
57 - Lychee
58 - Macadamia Nut
59 - Magnolia, Southern
60 - Mango
61 - Maypop [Native Passionfruit] - Passiflora incarnate
62 - Mexican Clover, Largeflower - Richardia graniflora [Rubiaceae] Not native
63 - Mexican Petunia [Mexican Bluebell] - Ruellia simplex [Acanthaceae] Not native, invasive
64 - Mexican Sunflower - Tithonia
65 - Mignonette Orchid [Toothpetal False Reinorchid] - Habenaria floribunda [Orchaidaceae] - Native
66 - Monk Orchid - Not native - medicinal in Africa
67 - Moringa
68 - Natal Plum - Carissa macrocarpa [Apocynaceae]
69 - New Zealand Spinach
70 - Nopal Ccatus - Nopalea [Cactaceae] young pads eaten, green pad slime used to make stucco for natural clay buildings
71 - Oak Mistletoe - Phoradendron leucarpum [Viscaceae] Native - medicinal with great caution
72 - Olive - Olea europaea [Oleaceae] Not native - edible fruits, brined/cured before eaten, leaves medicinal
73 - Oriental False Hawksbeard - Youngia [formerly Crepis] japonica
74 - Panic Grass - Panicum [Poaceae]
75 - Papaya - Carica papaya [Caricaceae]
76 - Papyrus
77 - Partridge Pea - Chamaecrista fasciculata [Fabaceae]
78 - Pennsylvania Bittercress - Cardamine pensylvanica [Brassicaceae]
79 - Peppergrass [Poor-Man's-Pepper] - Lepidium virginicum
80 - Pigeon Pea - Cajanus Cajun [Fabaceae] delicious edible seeds, great cooked into soups, etc., nitrogen fixer
81 - Pilewort - cooked young greens eaten, contains pyrrolizidine - do your own research on toxicity
82 - Pink Wood Sorrel - Oxalis debilis - edible leaves eaten raw tastes lemony, consume in moderation due to oxalates
83 - Plantain, Common - Plantago major
84 - Pond Apple
85 - Ponyfoot
86 - Queen Palm - edible ripe fruits made into jelly, mature spathes that look like cobras are made into crafts
87 - Ragweed
88 - Red Bay - Persea borbonia
89 - Reflexed Dracena
90 - Resurrection Fern - Pleopeltis michauxiana [Polypodiaceae] Native
91 - Rosary Pea - Abrus [Fabaceae]
92 - Royal Fern
93 - Rudraksha Tree
94 - Rusty Lyonia
95 - Sabal Palm [Cabbage Palm, Swamp Cabbage]
96 - Sahadevi [Little Ironweed]
97 - Saltmarsh Morning Glory - Ipomoea sagittata [Convolvulaceae] Native
98 - Sand Pine
99 - Sandbur
100 - Savannah False Pimpernel - Lindernia grandiflora [Linderniaceae] Native
101 - Saw Palmetto
102 - Shoestring Fern - Vittaria lineata [Pteridacee] Native
103 - Silkgrass - [Asteraceae] Native - medicinal
104 - Slash Pine - Native - useful inner wood, edible pollen, needles for tea, resin for salves, etc.
105 - Smooth Rattlebox - Crotalaria pallida var. obovata - Not native - toxic
106 - Sow Thistle, Spiny - Sonchus - edible cooked young greens in the winter
107 - Spanish Needles - Native - edible flowers sprinkled atop salads, edible raw or cooked [better cooked in my opinion] tender leafy tips, powdered seeds are a styptic powder, the greens are very good to treat upper respiratory cough
108 - Spiderwort, Ohio - Tradescantia ohiensis [Commelinaceae] - I call it Florida Aloe due to the mucilaginous sap that is contained in the stems and leaves and may be used like aloe vera, edible flowerbuds, flowers, young leaves, young stems
109 - Strawberry Guava [Cattley Guava] - Psidium cattleyanum [Myrtaceae] Not native - invasive - fruits edible, often contain maggots within, makes a strawberry-like jam, I harvest them when half green to avoid maggots, leaves are a wonderful remedy for diarrhea
110 - Surinam Cherry - fruits eaten raw
111 - Swamp Fern
112 - Sweet Gum
113 - Sweet Viburnum - Viburnum odoratissimum
114 - Sweetscent - Pluchea odorata [Asteraceae]
115 - Sycamore
116 - Tallowood [Hog Plum] - Ximenia Americana
117 - Tassleflower, Pink
118 - Tassleflower, Red
119 - Tree Philodendron
120 - Tropical Chickweed - Drymaria cordata
121 - Umbrella Plant
122 - Washington Palm
123 - Waterleaf - Talinum - edible leaves usually eaten raw, very nutritious, medicinal
124 - Whisk Fern
125 - Winged Sumac - Psilotum nudum [Psilotaceae] Native
126 - Yaupon Holly, Weeping - Ilex vomitoria pendula
127 - Yellow Wood Sorrel - Oxalis corniculata - edible raw leaves taste lemony, contain oxalic acid so consume in moderation
128 - Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow - Brunsfelsia
ADDITIONS
129 - Aloe Vera 
130 - Calendula 
131 - Dwarf Caradmon 
132 - Firecracker Plant 
133 - Ginger, var. "Kali-Ma" 
134 - Gotu Kola
135 - Turmeric