Glycyrrhiza lepidota Glycyrrhiza lepidota Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American licorice) is a species of "Glycyrrhiza" (a genus in the pea/bean family, Fabaceae) native to most of North America, from central Canada south through the United States to California, Texas and Virginia, but absent from the southeastern states. It is also sometimes known in the United States as "wild licorice", to distinguish it from the related European liquorice ("Glycyrrhiza glabra") which is occasionally cultivated. The plant grows in moist soils; although it will grow in heavy soil it prefers sandy soil. It grows to tall, and has long tough brown roots which are said to
Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust was a Community health NHS trust which served the Wakefield metropolitan district, West Yorkshire providing community, mental health and learning disability services. The Trust was formed on 1 April 1993 and operated from a number of locations including Fieldhead Hospital, The Yorkshire Centre for Forensic Psychiatry (also known as Newton Lodge) the former Castleford, Normanton and District; Southmoor; and Ackton Hospitals (all now closed) and numerous health centres and other standalone units across the Wakefield district. The headquarters for the Trust was called Fernbank and was