| << | Sabsab brush | Known location:
Bitra hold
Uses: roots produce a yellow for paints. |
| << | Sage | Uses: used in combination with
wintergreen and willow for a headache tea
Outside Info: Evergreen, grows to 80cm. Has mauve-blue flowers in summer. There are many
varieties of sage. Sage is used to aid in the digestion of fatty meats, and is popular in poultry
stuffing's. Leaf tea is an antiseptic nerve and blood tonic. Contains hormone precursors that help
irregular menstruation and menopause symptoms. Avoid large doses during pregnancy. Burn on embers or
boil in water to disinfect a room. Sage smoke deodorizes animal and cooking smell. Rub fresh leaf on
teeth to whiten them, or use in a mouthwash. Clary sage seed infused in water may be used to remove
foreign matter from eyes painlessly. The leaf of sage helps combat diarrhea. The tea reduces
sweating, sooths coughs and colds. Sage should not be taken in large doses over long periods. |
| << | Saponin root | Uses: used for cleaning
hair, and for sensitive skin |
| << | Saw grass | Known locations: Fort hold
Misc.: obnoxious weed |
| << | Scrub pine (I,H) | Growth form: Tree
General habitat: 'higher reaches' (Dragonlovers guide)-hills/higher ground over the flat
plains(?) |
| << | Seabeachplum | Growth form: Bush
Flowers: Pink blossoms
General habitat: low marsh valleys
Known location: beaches by Half-Circle Seahold.
Misc.: a few early sour plums available in spring |
| << | Sea bush | Growth form: bush
Known location: near Half-Circle seahold
Uses: produces an oily seed-pod in fall |
| << | Seagrass (stalks) | General habitat:
ocean beaches(?)
Known location: beaches by Half-Circle Seahold.
Misc.: aromatic |
| << | Seaplant | Known location: near
Half-Circle seahold
Uses: used braided by Menolly to join sections of her multiple pipes |
| << | Seaweeds | Growth form: (assumed)
earth-type seaweed
General habitat: near shore.
Known location(s): beaches by Half-Circle seahold.
Uses: Boiled for the thick juice in the stalk, which is used as a preventitive for many
sicknesses and bone ailments. Also used to make balls of a sweet that can be chewed for hours,
keeping mouth fresh and moist. Purple grass seed (unknown whether grass or seed is 'purple') used to
flavor the balls. Leaves can be wrapped around meat to allow it to slow-cook. |
| << | Sequoi-like tree (N) | Growth form:
similar to Terran sequoias. Several triangular stems fuse together.
Known locations: Southern
Misc.: inimical to fire, tend to rot in center, to form shells of trees |
| << | Shallow-water sea grass | Growth form:
1 type clings to sandy bottom, 1 type clings to rock
Known location: near Half-Circle seahold |
| << | Shrub | Growth form: shrub
Known location: Southern Continent 2nd pass
Uses: gives off rich pungent odor when bruised |
| << | Sisal (N) | Known location: Fort hold, Ista,
Boll
Uses: spun into thread |
| << | Sky-broom (N) | Growth form: several
dragonlengths tall. '' The tall trunks terminate in bushy crowns of tuffed needles, much like the
growth on Earth cedars. The wood is dense and metal-hard, covered with a rough mat-like material
protection from threadfall.''(DragonLovers) ''Root systems that radiated in a great circle around
the trunk to support the soaring limbs and tufted heights.'' (Renegades). Twined trunks, short tufts
of spiny leavs. The crowns have coarse, short leavs. The tops are flat.
Known locations: Lemos. Skybroon trees begin at the northern Lemos end of the Keroon Plains.
Uses: construction
Misc.: the wood is difficult to work, but highly prized in the WoodcraftHall. Used for some
harps, possibly other instruments. Highest quality of material for a painter's 'canvas' in the 2nd
Pass. |
| << | Softwoods | Growth form: Tree
Known location: Lemos
Uses: used to make furniture |
| << | Soybeans (I) | Growth form: Terran
soybean
Known locations: Fort hold
Uses: edible, used in several dishes.
Outside Info: Grows to 2m. White or violet flowers, hairy seed pods. Foliage is good stock
food and fertilizer. It helps prevent heart disease and is valuable for diabetics since their sugars
remain unabsorbed. Beans are made into soy sauce, tofu, soy 'milk', are sprouted for their shoots.
Soya is ground into flour. The beans yield cooking oil, and lubricant. The plant stimulates blood
circulation, detoxifies, lowers fevers and treats food poisoning. |
| << | Spearkeek | Growth form: white bulb
Uses: edible medicinal, febrifuge. Used by Moreta as a hopeful preventitive for the plague.
|
| << | Spiceroot | Growth form: Tuber(?) |
| << | Spongewood trees | Known location:
south continent, Lemos
Misc.: grow quickly |
| << | sticklebush (N) | Growth form: bush,
grows in patches
Known location: by trace to Fort hold
Uses: Berries are used for preserves
Misc.: Dried leaves and twigs have bitter, acrid, drying taste. In early spring there are no
leaves to hide the hairlike, nearly invisible thorns that cover twig and branch. Sap rises in early
spring, and it is the worst time to get caught in the bush. stickle slivers can work their way
through flesh into the blood. If a sliver reaches your heart, you could die from it. Most slivers
can be pulled out by hand or tweezer, but some need poulticing to draw out the sliver. |
| << | straw | Known locations: near benden
weyr(?), Igen, Ruatha
Uses: bedding, in Igen used as insulation for straw-padded boxes containing pitchers of cold
drinks. |
| << | streamer | Known location: Southern,
Cove hold
Uses: fronds woven into matting |
| << | Sugar Beets (I) | Growth form: Terran
sugarbeet
Known locations: Fort hold, several northern holds
Uses: used for sweetening |
| << | Sungazers (N,H) | Form: small plant,
grows mostly underground
Flowers: similar to Earth's strawflower or windflower |
| << | Swamp grass | Growth form: broad,
saw-edge blades.
Known location: Southern Weyr |
| << | Swedes | Known locations: Fort hold
Uses: edible |
| << | Sweet cane (I) | Growth form: Terran
sweet cane
Known locations: Nerat, Boll, Ista
Uses: made into sweetening
Outside Info: Grows up to 6m. Clump-forming rhizomes, perennial grass. The peeled cane is
added to Thai fish stews. Cane juice yields brown and white sugars. Byproducts are made into
molasses, syrup, and rum. Cane sugar sweetend, flavors and preserves foods by inhibiting
microorganisims. Cane juice soothes symptoms of asthma and is given as an expectorant. In Asia, it
is applied to wounds and boils. The root is a diuretic. stem residue can be made into a wax for
polish. |
| << | Sweet grass | Uses: Runner fodder |
| << | Sweetroot, sweet potatoe | Known
locations: northern farms under Benden Weyr
Uses: can be eaten uncooked. Used to relieve/sweat out fever (febrifuge) and for headache(?).
Misc.: taken in crystal-like form. |
