Image Gallery Wild Sorrel Students in the Meadow Sorrel served with spanikopita and sweet potato Wild Ginger Leaf A patch of Wild Ginger Wild Ginger Tincture Pouring olive oil into the Cottonwood leaf buds simmering in water. Fresh Cottonwood Leaf Buds. Crushed Cottonwood Leaf Buds. Friends and the Mother Cottonwood. My cabin in the woods. It was built in 1929 by miners. Alex Poz among the Salal Here I am standing on the banks of Opal creek with a very old tree, roughly 400 years old. The Western Red Cedar (Thuja Plicata) is a sacred tree to Native Oregonians. The wood was widely used to weave clothing and craft a variety of tools. Western Red Cedar Bark.