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Table 2 Distribution of wild plant knowledge in the GWT concerning five use categories (n = 433)

From: Intracultural variation of knowledge about wild plant uses in the Biosphere Reserve Grosses Walsertal (Austria)

Plant species

Local Name

Use category (in per cent of all respondents)

Food

Drink

Hmed*

Vmed**

Customs

Abies alba/Picea abies

Tanne

46

15

27

4

17

Achillea millefolium agg.

Schafgarbe

2

61

33

6

1

Alchemilla alpina

Frauenmantel

1

81

46

6

3

Alchemilla vulgaris agg.

Silbermantel

1

76

47

6

2

Arnica montana

Arnika

2

23

74

14

1

Calendula officinalis

Ringelblume

9

26

78

17

2

Hypericum perforatum

Johanniskraut

3

31

65

13

3

Matricaria chamomilla

Kamille

6

91

48

15

1

Mentha sp.

Pfefferminze

14

91

28

3

0

Plantago lanceolata

Spitzwegerich

10

46

46

6

1

Primula sp.

Schlüsselblume

13

55

21

4

6

Rhododendron sp.

Alpenrose

3

52

13

2

20

Rubus idaeus

Himbeere

92

55

24

3

1

Salvia officinalis

Salbei

20

76

52

5

2

Sambucus nigra

Schwarzer Holunder

68

59

33

3

1

Taraxacum officinale agg.

Löwenzahn

70

23

24

10

1

Thymus serphyllum agg.

Wilder Thymian

32

26

33

4

2

Trifolium pratense

Rotklee

18

25

11

11

1

Urtica dioica

Brennnessel

40

84

43

9

1

Vaccinium myrtillus

Heidelbeere

91

40

28

6

0

  1. *Hmed Human medicine, **Vmed Veterinary medicine.