Wild rice – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.

Wild rice (also known as Canada Rice, Indian Rice, Marsh Oats, and Water Oats) is an tall, erect, aquatic grass that typically is 1 to 1.5 meters (3 to 4 feet) in height, but may reach 4.5 meters (15 feet).

Wild Pistachio branches with visible fruit

Wild Pistachio plants can grow as shrubs or trees up to a height of 7 meters (23 feet). It branches are spreading and form a dense crown.

Allium cernuum and Allium canadense are examples of the many species of wild onions and garlics, all easily recognized by their distinctive onion-like or garlic-like odor.

Bunches of grapes hanging from a grapevine

The wild grapevine climbs with the aid of “tendrils” on stems that are hairy when young but grow into hairless vines.

Wild Gourd flowers soon grow fruit at the base

The luffa sponge (also known as Smooth Luffa, Egyptian Luffa, or Wild Squash) is widely distributed and fairly typical of a wild squash.

Collectively known as “fig trees” or “figs”, there are nearly 1,000 species of Ficus ranging from woody trees to shrubs and vines.

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.

The wild desert gourd (also known as Bitter Apple, Bitter Cucumber, Egusi, or Vine of Sodom), a member of the watermelon family, produces a 2.4- to 3-meter-long (7 1/2- to 9-foot-long) ground-trailing vine with hairy, angular stems.

Wild Apple tree leaves are oval, spear-shaped with smooth or finely serrated edges

Wild apple, also known as Crab Apples or Crabs, are a tree that grow to 13-39 feet tall with a dense, twiggy crown.

Capparis spinosa Wild caper leaves and fruit berries

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…

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Wild rice – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.

Wild pistachio – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.

Wild onion and garlic – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.

Wild grape vine – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.

Wild gourd or luffa sponge – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.

Wild fig – how to identify wild figs and prepare for food

Wild dock and wild sorrel – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.

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.

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