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Beverages:
These plants can be used to make hot or cold beverages. Some have leaves that can be steeped for tea. Others can be made directly into cold drinks. Click on each to see their species page and look for use right at the top.
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American Beech
Black Birch
Black Raspberry
Common Clover
Common Mullein
Common Sunflower
European Horsemint
Large Cranberry
Northern White Cedar
Red Clover
Red Mulberry
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Sassafras
Spicebush
Spotted Jewelweed
Sumac, Smooth and Staghorn
Sweet Goldenrod
Sweetfern
White Pine
Wintergreen
Witch-hazel
Wrinkled Rose
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Hannah and Emily harvested Wintergreen for Tea!
Here, it is soaking so the flavor is accentuated. |
Salads/Raw:
TheThese plants can be washed and added directly to a salad. Sometimes the leaves can be used and sometimes the roots can bethe used. Some species have fruits that can be added to a salad, as well. In order to add food to a salad, be sure to wash it thoroughly.
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Black Raspberry
Cattail
Common Burdock
Common Dandelion
Common Evening Primrose
False Solomon’s Seal
Green Amaranth
Jerusalem Artichoke
Purslane
Redbud
Wintergreen
Wrinkled Rose |
A salad made at Emily's house. |
Cooked:
These plants must be boiled, baked, or fried before you consume them (or at least before they are tasty!). Please see the specific instructions under each species 'use' on how to prepare them exactly.
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Black Raspberry
Cattail
Common Burdock
Common Clover
Common Dandelion
Common Evening Primrose
Common Milkweed
False Solomon’s Seal
Green Amaranth
Jerusalem Artichoke
Lamb’s Quarters |
A plate of food cooked by Limor in Costa Rica.
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Large Cranberry
Pokeweed
Purslane
Queen Anne’s Lace
Red Clover
Red Mulberry
Redbud
Skunk Cabbage
Solomon’s Seal
White Oak
White Pine
Wild Grape |
Fruits and Nuts:
These plants have fruits and nuts that can be picked and enjoyed immediately. With some, you need to crack open the nut to eat the meat inside. With berries, they can be eaten as is.On each species page, take note of which season the fruits or nuts are available for harvest.
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American Beech
Black Raspberry
Common Sunflower
False Solomon’s Seal
Red Mulberry
Shagbark Hickory
White Oak
Wild Grape
Wintergreen
Wrinkled Rose
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Photo Courtesy of (C) Dan L. Perlman/ecolibrary.org |
Jams & Jellies:
These plants can be made into a jam or jelly. The fruit is generally the part of the plant used. See each species page to determine the exact part. Jams and Jellies are made with the addition of a sweetener and thickener (pectin). Generally, the fruit of the plant is used.
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Black Birch
Black Raspberry
Crabapple
Large Cranberry
Maple, Red and Sugar
Red Mulberry
Shagbark Hickory
Wild Grape
Wrinkled Rose
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Cranberry Jelly made by Emily for Thanksgiving. |
Edible Fungi:
This is a list of Mushrooms that can be eaten raw or cooked.
However, we strongly recommend that you DO NOT EAT any of the fungus species on this website, in case either you or we make an identification mistake.
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Alcohol Inky
Ash-tree Bolete
Bear’s Head Tooth
Chicken Mushroom
Cinnabar-red Chanterelle
Common Laccaria
Crested Coral
Gem-studded Puffball
Golden Pholiota
Golden Waxy Cap
Honey Mushroom
Lawn Mower’s Mushroom
Lobster Mushroom
Mica Cap
Orange Jelly
Orange Peel
Oyster Mushroom
Painted Bolete
Pestle-Shaped Puffball
Purple-bloom Russula
Ringless Honey Mushroom
Rooted Collybia
Sharp-scaly Pholiota
Spindle-shaped Yellow Coral
Viscid Violet Cort
White coral
Yellow-white Melanoleuca |
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Pickle: These plants have a part that can be pickled and preserved.
Cattail
Jerusalem Artichoke
Purslane
Redbud
Oil: These plants have a seed or nut that can be ground for oil extraction.
Common Sunflower
Shagbark Hickory
Candy: Parts of these plants can be made into a candy with the help of a sweetener!
Shagbark Hickory
Sweetgum
White Pine
Wrinkled Rose
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Miscellaneous
Fritter: These plants have a part that can be mashed and fried.
Common Dandelion
Wrinkled Rose
Soup: Add a part of these plants to a soup!
Sassafras
Flavoring: These plants have a part that can be used as a spice or flavoring.
European Horsemint
Ground Juniper
Potato chips: These plants have a root part that can be thinly sliced and fried to make a chip!
Jack in the Pulpit
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Flour: These plants have a seed or bark that must be ground thoroughly to create a flour.
American Beech
Black Birch
Cattail
Common Clover
Common Sunflower
Green Amaranth
Jack in the Pulpit
Lamb’s Quarters
Purslane
Red Clover
Skunk Cabbage
White Oak
White Pine |
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