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Table 2 The main famine plants and their collection times

From: Ethnobotanical study of traditional edible plants used by the Naxi people during droughts

Main Famine Plants

Collection Time

Salix balfouriana; Salix spodiophylla; Salix delavayana

Early spring

Pteridium revolutum; Athyrium kuratae

Early spring

Lobaria yunnensis; Lobaria orientalis; Lobaria fuscotomentosa; Stica nylanderiana

Year-round (especially winter)