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Table 2 The 20 most often listed folk taxa by all participants (n = 60), women (n = 16), men (n = 24) and children and adolescents (n = 20, 9 boys and 11 girls), ordered according times mentioned

From: Local plant knowledge and its variation among farmer’s families in the Napf region, Switzerland

Scientific name

Times mentioned

Women (n = 16)

Men (n = 24)

Children and adolescents (n = 20, 9 boys and 11 girls)

All participants (n=60)

Scientific name

Times mentioned

German name

Scientific name

Times mentioned

German name

Scientific name

Times mentioned

German name

German name

Taraxacum officinale

52

Schwarzer Holunder

Sambucus nigra

14

Löwenzahn

Taraxacum officinale

22

Löwenzahn

Löwenzahn

Taraxacum officinale

16

Rumex obtusifolius

43

Löwenzahn

Taraxacum officinale

14

Blacke

Rumex obtusifolius

20

Sonnenblume

Blacke

Helianthus annuus

12

Rubus fruticosus agg

36

Blacke

Rumex obtusifolius

14

Rotklee

Trifolium pratense

18

Apfelbaum

Brombeere

Malus domestica

11

Abies alba

34

Brombeere

Rubus fruticosus agg

14

Weissklee

Trifolium repens

18

Ahorn

Weisstanne

Acer pseudoplatanus

10

Rubus idaeus

33

Himbeere

Rubus idaeus

13

Knaulgras

Dactylis glomerata

15

Blacke

Himbeere

Rumex obtusifolius

9

Malus domestica

33

Hahnenfuss

Ranunculus acris, R. repens

13

Englisch Raygras

Lolium perenne

14

Weisstanne

Apfelbaum

Abies alba

9

Sambucus nigra

33

Weisstanne

Abies alba

12

Spitzwegerich

Plantago lanceolate

14

Birnbaum

Schwarzer Holunder

Pyrus communis

9

Urtica dioica

33

Margrite

Leucanthemum vulgare

12

Apfelbaum

Malus domestica

14

Linde

Brennessel

Tilia cordata/T

9

Picea abies

33

Rotklee

Trifolium pratense

12

Buche

Fagus sylvatica

14

Brennessel

Rottanne

Platyphyllos

9

Acer pseudoplatanus

32

Weissklee

Trifolium repens

12

Ahorn

Acer pseudoplatanus

13

Gras

Ahorn

Urtica dioica

9

Trifolium pratense

32

Rottanne

Picea abies

12

Brombeere

Rubus fruticosus agg

13

Brombeere

Rotklee

Poaceae

9

Trifolium repens

32

Spitzwegerich

Plantago lanceolate

11

Rottanne

Picea abies

13

Eiche

Weissklee

Rubus fruticosus agg

9

Plantago lanceolate

31

Heubeere

Vaccinium myrtillus

11

Hasel

Corylus avellana

13

Rottanne

Spitzwegerich

Picea abies

8

Fagus sylvatica

29

Schlüsselblume

Primula elatior, P. veris

11

Brennessel

Urtica dioica

13

Himbeere

Buche

Rubus idaeus

8

Ranunculus acris / R. repens

29

Brennessel

Urtica dioica

11

Birnbaum

Pyrus communis

13

Zwetschgenbaum

Hahnenfuss

Prunus domestica

8

Pyrus communis

29

Vogelbeere

Sorbus aucuparia

11

Weisstanne

Abies alba

13

Schwarzer Holunder

Birnbaum

Sambucus nigra

7

Tilia cordata/T. platyphyllos

28

Buche

Fagus sylvatica

10

Timothegras

Phleum pratense

12

Farn

Linde

Polypodiaceae

7

Leucanthemum vulgare

28

Thymian

Thymus serpyllum

10

Esche

Fraxinus excelsior

12

Gänseblümchen

Margrite

Bellis perennis

7

Corylus avellana

26

Hasel

Corylus avellana

10

Margrite

Leucanthemum vulgare

12

Hahnenfuss

Hasel

Ranunculus acris / R. repens

7

Primula elatior, P. veris

26

Salbei

Salvia officinalis

9

Schwarzer Holunder

Sambucus nigra

12

Klee

Schlüsselblume

Trifolium spp.

7