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Allium tricoccum Ait.
Researcher: Elise George

References

Foster, S. and Duke, J.A. Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs Peterson Field Guide 2000 pp. 34.

Myles, Dean. The Herbal Dispatch. Appalachian Plant Profile: Ramps Pg.2 Vol. 3, Issue 3. March 2005.

Nantel, P; Gagnon, D; Nault, A. “Population viability analysis of American ginseng and wild leek harvested in stochastic environments” Conservation Biology Vol. 10 no. 2 (1996) 608-621.

Persons, W. Scott and Davis, Jeanine M. Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal & Other Woodland Medicinals 2005 pp. 281-310.

Ramp Farm Specialties URL: http://www.rampfarm.com (22 February 2006)

Rock, J. H., Beckage, B., and Gross, L. “Population recovery following differential harvesting of Allium tricoccum Ait. in the southern Appalachians” Biological Conservation 116 (2004) 227-234.

Schultz, Jan; Beyer, Patty; Williams, Julie. 2001. Propagation protocol for production of container Allium tricoccum Aiton plants; Hiawatha National Forest, Marquette, Michigan. In: Native Plant Network. URL: http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org (accessed 17 January 2006). Moscow (ID): University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Forest Research Nursery.

University of Michigan-Dearborn, Native American Ethnobotany
A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes and Fibers of Native American Peoples, Derived from Plants. URL: http://herb.umd.umich.edu/ (07 February 2006)

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Botanical Information System
Wisconsin State Herbarium URL: http://www.botany.wisc.edu/wisflora/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=ALLTRI (07 February 2006)

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov2/cgi-bin/npgs/html/stdlit.pl?Food%20Feed%20Crops%20US (07 February 2006)

USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Whanger, P.D., C. Ip, C. E. Polan, P.C. Uden, and G. Welbaum. 2000. Tumorigenesis, metabolism, speciation, bioavailability, and tissue deposition of selenium in selenium-enriched ramps (Allium tricoccum). Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 48 (11): 5723-30.

Altr Plant Drawing (tif):
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 1: 497.

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