Wild dock (also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, and Narrow Dock) is a stout plant with most of its leaves at the base of its long stem that is commonly 15 to 30 centimeters (6 to 12 inches) long. Its leaves have distinctively waved or curled edges.
Wild desert gourd or colocynth – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Wild crab apple or wild apple – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Wild caper – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for the wild caper plant.
About Wild caper (Capparis aphylla) Wild Caper, also known as Kerda, Kair, Karir, Kirir, and Karril, is a small, branched tree or thorny shrub that bears many thin, often tangled looking, leafless branches and grows to a height of about 15 feet. Leaves are usually only found on young shoots and mature plants lose their…
Water plantain – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
About Water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) The Water-plantain plant, also known as Mad-dog weed, has small, white flowers and heart-shaped leaves with pointed tips. It has a fibrous root and several long-stemmed leaves with a triangular shaped stem. The leaves are clustered at the base of the plant. The plant produces many small white or pale…
Water lily – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Water lettuce – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Water lettuce (Ceratopteris species) Water Lettuce, also known as Water Fern or Watersprite, is an aquatic or subaquatic fern buoyed via internal air pockets in its fronds. The soft, pale green to brown (color depends upon how much light it receives) leaves of water lettuce are much like lettuce and are very tender and succulent.…
Water Caltrop – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Walnut – the many uses of Walnut trees in survival situations (including of course, eating the walnuts)
Walnut tree (Juglans species) identification Walnuts grow on very large trees, often reaching 18 meters (54 feet) tall, with some growing as high as 40 meters (130 feet) tall. Walnut trees often have divided (split or forked) trunks with wide-spread crowns of foliage at the top of the tree. Walnut trees have divided leaves, with…
Tree fern – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for the tree fern plant in a survival situation.
Tree fern (Various genera) Tree ferns are tall trees with long, slender trunks that often have a very rough, bark-like covering. The fronds unfold and are large and multiple-pinnate (feather like). Large, lacy leaves uncoil from the top of the trunk. The leaves may be covered in scales with spore clusters underneath. Many species have…









