Saunders - Edible and Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada

FOOD PLANTS:

Edible Roots and Tubers:

Arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis)
Chufa (Cyperus esculenta)
Golden Club (Orontium aquaticum)
Groundnut (Apios tuberosa)
Indian Bread-root (Psoralea esculenta) w
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) w
Man-of-the-earth (Ipomoea pandurata)
Tobacco-root (Valeriana edulis)
Virginia Tuckaho (Peltandra Virginica)
Water Chinquapin (Nelumbo lutea)
Wild Onion (Allium tricoccum)

Edible Seeds:

Beechnut (Fagus Americana)
Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
Chinquapin (Castanea pumila)
Golden Club (Orontium aquaticum)
Groundnut (Apios tuberosa)
Hickory (Hicoria sp.)
Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea monoica)
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus sp.) w
Walnut (Juglans sp.)
Water Chinquapin (Nelumbo lutea)
Wild Rice (Zizania aquatica)

Edible Fruits and Berries:

Barberry (Berberis sp.)
Blackberry (Rubus sp.)
Buffalo-berry (Shepherdia argentea) w
Cranberry (Oxycoccus sp.)
Currant (Ribes sp.)
Gooseberry (Ribes sp.)
Grape (Vitis sp.)
Ground Cherry (Physalis sp.)
Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.)
Huckleberry (Vaccinium sp.)
May Apple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Mulberry (Morus rubra)
Papaw (Asimina triloba)
Persimmon (Diospyros Virginica)
Raspberry (Rubus sp.)
Service-berry (Amelanchier sp.)
Strawberry (Fragaria sp.)
Teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens)

Edible Stems or Leaves:

Bracken (Pteris aquilina)
Chicory (Cichorium Intybus)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Dock (Rumex crispus)
Lambs quarters (Chenopodium album)
Milkweed (Asclepias sp.)
Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Pokeweed (Phytolacca decandra)
Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
Water-cress (Nasturtium officinale)
Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris)

BEVERAGE PLANTS:

Birch (Betula sp.)
Chicory (Cichorium Intybus)
Goldenrod (Solidago odora) A
Hemlock-tree (Tsuga Canadensis)
Indian Lemonade (Rhus trilobata) w
Inkberry (Ilex glabra) A
Kentucky Coffee-tree (Gymnocladus Canadensis)
Labrador-tea (Ledum Groenlandicum)
New Jersey tea (Ceanothus Americanus)
Sassafras (Sassafras officinale)
Spicewood (Lindera Benzoin)
Winter-berry (Ilex verticillata)
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)

SOAP-PLANTS:

Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis)
Missouri Gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) w
New Jersey tea (Ceanothus Americanus)

MEDICINAL PLANTS:

American Centaury (Sabbatia angularis)
American Pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Dittany (Cunila Mariana)
Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Hoar-hound (Marrubium vulgare)
Mustard (Brassica sp.)
Sweet-flag (Acorus Calamus)
Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Wild Senna (Cassia Marylandica)
Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium)

FIBER PLANTS:

Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)
Leatherwood (Dirca palustris)
Milkweed (Asclepias sp.)
Nettle (Urtica sp.)
Reed-grass (Phragmites communis)

DYE-PLANTS:

Alder (Alnus sp.)
Blood-root (Sanguinaria Canadensis)
Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Golden Seal (Hydrastis Canadensis)
Osage Orange (Maclura aurantiaca) w
Puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
Quercitron Oak (Quercus tinctoria)
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Silky Cornel (Cornus sericea) w
Spider-flower (Cleome serrulata) w
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Wild Madder (Galium tinctorium)

TOBACCO ADMIXTURES:

Arrow-wood (Viburnum sp.)
Bearberry (Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi)
Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus stolonifera)
Silky Cornel (Cornus sericea)
Sumac (Rhus glabra)

SALT-SUBSTITUTE:

Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites palmata)

CANDLE MATERIAL:

Bayberry (Myrica sp.) A

FOOD PLANTS:

Edible Roots and Tubers:
Conte (Smilax Pseudo-China)
Coontie (Zamia sp.)
Florida Arrowroot (Zamia sp.)
Indian-bread (Pachyma cocos)

Edible Fruits:
May-pop (Passiflora incarnata)
Summer Haw (Crataegus flava)

Edible Stems or Leaves:
Cabbage Palmetto (Sabal Palmetto)
Scurvy Grass (Barbarea. praecox)

BEVERAGE PLANTS:

Cassena (Ilex vomitoria)

SOAP-PLANTS:

Soap-berry (Sapindus sp.)
Southern Buckeye (Aesculus Pavia)

DYE-PLANTS:

Kentucky Yellow-wood (Cladastris tinctoria)
Shrub-Yellow-root (Xanthorrhiza apiifolia)

FOOD PLANTS:

Edible Roots and Tubers:

Arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis)
Biscuit-root (Peucedanum sp.)
Bitter-root (Lewisia rediviva)
Camas (Camassia esculenta)
Chufa (Cyperus esculentus)
Harvest Brodiaea (Brodiaea grandiflora)
Indian Potatoes (Calochortus sp., Camassia sp., Brodiaea sp., etc.)
Sego Lily (Calochortus Nuttallii)
Tule (Scirpus lacustris)
Wild Anise (Carum Kelloggii)
Wild Onion (Brodiaea capitata)
Yamp (Carum Gairdneri)

Edible Seeds:

Buckeye (Aesculus Californicus)
Chia (Salvia sp.)
Chinquapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla)
Goosefoot (Chenopodium sp.)
Islay (Prunus ilicifolia)
Oak (Quercus sp.)
Pine (Pinus sp.)
Pond-lily (Nymphaea polysepala)
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Tarweed (Madia sativa)
Walnut (Juglans Californica)
White Sage (Audibertia polystachya)
Wild Oats (Avena fatua)
Wild Wheat (Elymus triticoides)

Edible Fruits and Berries:

Black Haw (Crataegus Douglasii)
Buckthorn (Rhamnus crocea)
Cranberry (Oxycoccus sp.)
Currant (Ribes aureum)
Grape (Vitis Californica)
Huckleberry (Vaccinium sp.)
Manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp.)
Oregon Grape (Berberis aquifolium)
Raspberry (Salmon-berry, Thimbleberry) (Rubus sp.)
Salal (Gaultheria Shallon)
Service-berry (Amelanchier sp.)
Strawberry (Fragaria sp.)
Tuna (Opuntia sp.)

Edible Stems or Leaves:

Bracken (Pteris aquilina)
Clover (Trifolium)
Miners Lettuce (Montia perfoliata)
Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
Red Maids (Calandrinia caulescens Menziesii)
Water-cress (Nasturtium officinale)
Wild Pie-plant (Rumex hymenosepalus)

BEVERAGE PLANTS:

Chia (Salvia sp.)
Douglas Spruce (Pseudotsuga taxifolia)
Lemonade-berry (Rhus sp.)
Manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp.)
Yerba buena (Micromeria Douglasii)

SOAP-PLANTS:

Amole (Chloragalum pomeridianum)
Mock Orange (Cucurbita foetidissima)
Soap-plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum)
Soap-root (Chenopodium Californicum)
Wild Lilac (Ceanothus sp.)

MEDICINAL PLANTS:

California Laurel (Umbellularia California)
Canchalagua (Erythraea venusta)
Cascara sagrada (Rhamnus Californica)
Gum-plant (Grindelia sp.)
Hoar-hound (Marrubium vulgare)
Mastransia (Stachys Californica)
Mustard (Brassica sp.)
Quinine-bush (Garrya elliptica)
Western Dogwood (Cornus Nuttallii)
Yarrow (Achillea Millifolium)
Yerba mansa (Anemopsis Californica)
Yerba santa (Eriodictyon glutinosum)

FISH POISONS:

Soap-root (Chloragalum pomeridianum)
Turkey Mullein (Croton setigerus)

FIBER PLANTS:

Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)
Milkweed (Asclepias eriocarpa)
Psoralea (Psoralea macrostachya)