Junipers, sometimes called cedars, are trees or shrubs that vary in size and shape from columnar trees to low spreading shrubs with long trailing branches.
Juniper – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
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Miner’s Lettuce or Indian Lettuce – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Known as Miner’s Lettuce, Winter Purslane, or Indian Lettuce, is usually bright green (but sometimes purplish or brownish green), long and narrow.
Iceland moss – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
The edible Iceland moss grows only a few inches high. Its color may be gray, white, pale chestnut, or even reddish. It grows to a height of 3 to 4 inches with branches rolled into tubes which terminate in flattened lobes with fringed edges.
Horseradish tree – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
The edible Horseradish tree (also known as the moringa, benzolive tree, West Indian ben and drumstick tree) grows from 4.5 to 14 meters (15 to 46 feet) tall and is rather slender with drooping branches.
Hazelnut or wild filbert – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Hazelnuts grow on bushes (called Hazels) 1.8 to 3.6 meters (6 to 12 feet) high with a crown spread of 10 to 15 feet. One species in Turkey and another in China are large trees.
Hackberry – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) (also known as Common Hackberry, Nettletree, Beaverwood, Northern Hackberry, and American Hackberry) trees have smooth, yellowish gray bark that often has corky warts or ridges (sometimes the bark may be silvery gray or light brown).
Foxtail grass – foxtail grass grains are edible, with a bit of preparation.
The weedy Foxtail grass is readily recognized by the narrow, cylindrical head of grain that grows on top of the stem.
Fishtail palm – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Fishtail palms are large trees, at least 18 meters (60 feet) tall. The trees have a solitary trunk growing to about 1 foot wide.
Fireweed – this edible plant also has medicinal uses
The Fireweed plant (also known as Great Willow herb in Canada and Rosebay Willowherb in Britain) grows up to 1.8 meters (6 feet) tall.
Elderberry – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) Elderberry is a many-stemmed shrub with opposite-pair, compound leaves. Each pinnate has 5-9 leaflets. It grows to a height of 6 meters (20 feet). Its flowers are fragrant, white, and borne in large flat-topped clusters up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) across. Each flower has five petals. Its berrylike fruits are dark…
