Learn about each of the plants featured on
“The Place Where Plants Grow - Enta Sakink Epëmawsiwikil”
**This portion of the website is still under construction and we anticipate it being finished by September 30, 2025. Thank you for your patience**
Each of the below boxes corresponds with a native plant highlighted on the poster. Click on an image for expanded audio and ethnobotanical resources. You can play recordings to practice pronouncing the plant’s name in Lenape and Nanticoke and also learn about the relationships that Indigenous people have had with the plant.
BEACH PLUM
SIPUWASIMËNSHI
SAAMSAAMUWIMIN
BLOODROOT
MOHKWAHKW
MUSKWASPUN
CATTAIL
AHPAWIÀK
APAHKW(AY)-AK
CHESTNUT
OPIMËNSHI
IHKWIMINS
ELDERBERRY
PUHWÈSËNAKW
POOHKWEESUNAAHKW
GOLDENROD
WISAÒTAÈK
WIISAAWAATAAYEEK
MILKWEED
PITUKËNA
WIIHSAKAN
NETTLES
MASCHANIN
MASAAN(AK)
PAWPAW
MAHCHIKPIAWK
AHSIIMIN
PINE
KUWE
KWEE
POKEWEED
CHÀKINKWÈM
PAHKAAN
RAMPS
TEKËNEI ULÈPËN(ÀK)
PUMPTUKWAHKII
RED CEDAR
PËPHÒKWËS
WIINSKWAAHKW
RIPARIAN GRAPE
WISAHKIM
MAALAAHKOMINAAMINS
SASSAFRAS
WINAKW
WIINAAHKW
SERVICEBERRY
LELACHPATTICHTEAK
KOSUKWAAHKWIMIN
SPICEBUSH
GACHHACHGIK
AAHKAAHKIK
STRAWBERRY
TEHIM
MASKIIHKWIMIN
SUMAC
KËLËKËNIKÀNAKW
KULUKUNIIKANAAHKW
TULIP POPLAR
MÙXULHEMËNSHI
WIISAHKAAHKW
WILD GINGER
PAPELANEK
NAMEESHPUN
YAUPON
PTUKWIIPAKW