A young mugwort plant. Mugwort is plentiful along local frontcountry canyons and often grows near poison oak. (Dan McCaslin / Noozhawk photo) While growing up, I often read uplifting tales about great ...

Across from the school, there was a long stretch of roadside flowing with mugwort. From a distance, it was easy to recognize its distinct tender stalks and silvery green leaves that bent and rose in a ...