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Forgotten Remedies
Volume 2 — Edible Wild Plants
66 edible wild plants across 10 regions, plus the 15-pair high-risk lookalike index.
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Edible Wild Plants by Region
Universal foraging safety rules
Northeast
Ostrich Fern (Fiddleheads)
Black Walnut
Shagbark Hickory
American Beechnut
Spicebush
Groundnut (Wild Potato Vine)
Jerusalem Artichoke (Sunchoke)
Wild Grape
Mayapple
Pokeweed (Poke Sallet)
Staghorn Sumac
Beach Plum
Wintergreen (Teaberry)
Black Locust Flowers
Southeast
Pawpaw
American Persimmon
American Beautyberry
Yaupon Holly
Maypop (Wild Passionflower)
Muscadine Grape
Sassafras
Daylily
American Lotus
Garlic Mustard
Japanese Knotweed Shoots
Kudzu
Midwest
Wild Rice
American Hazelnut
Butternut (White Walnut)
Wild Bergamot
Great Plains
Chokecherry
Buffaloberry
Prairie Turnip (Timpsula)
Hackberry
The Core Six
Ramps (Wild Leeks)
Cattail
Dandelion
Purslane
Acorns (Oak Nuts)
Elderberry
Southwest
Mesquite Beans
Prickly Pear
Cholla Flower Buds
Saguaro Fruit
Agave Heart
Mormon Tea
Pinyon Nuts
Juniper Berries
Rocky Mountains
Blue Camas
Biscuitroot
Bitterroot
Sego Lily
Pacific Northwest
Salal
Red Huckleberry
Salmonberry
Oregon Grape Berries
Fireweed
Labrador Tea
California
Toyon (Christmas Berry)
Manzanita Berries
Widespread
Lamb's Quarters
Chickweed
Watercress
Arrowhead (Duck Potato)
Stinging Nettle
Broadleaf Plantain (as Food)
High-Risk Lookalike Index
Poison Hemlock vs. Wild Carrot (Queen Anne's Lace)
Death Camas vs. Blue Camas
Moonseed vs. Wild Grape
Young Pokeweed vs. Mature Pokeweed
Unripe vs. Ripe Mayapple Fruit
Chokecherry Pits
Poison Sumac vs. Staghorn Sumac
Bracken Fern vs. Ostrich Fern Fiddleheads
Foxglove vs. Mullein (Rosette Stage)
White Baneberry vs. Black Cohosh
Lily-of-the-Valley & False Hellebore vs. Ramps
Red Elderberry vs. Black Elderberry
Water Hemlock vs. Wild Parsnip / Cow Parsnip
Horse Chestnut vs. Sweet (Edible) Chestnut
False Morel vs. True Morel
Sustainability and Legal Notes
Harvest sustainably
Know the law