"The woods and fields are a table always spread." Henry David Thoreau
Here are some of the foods and medicines growing wild in the Appalachian forests and fields.
Mushrooms ~ Oysters, Chicken of the Wood, Miataki, Black Trumpets, Lobsters, Honey Mushrooms, Shantrells, Berkley's Polypore, Lion's Mane, Bears Beard, Boletes, Morels, Bradleys, Puffballs, Turkey Tails, Wood Ear, etc.
Plants ~ Nettles, Lambs Quarters, Purslane, Plantain, Dandelion, Burdock, Smilax, Spice Bush, Elderberry, Autumn Olive, St. John's Wort, Sassafras, Red Clover, Poor mans Pepper, Wood Sorrel, Locust Flowers, Mallow, Sumac, Redbud, Yarrow, Ginseng and loads more.
Some handy wild food resources:
Here are some of the foods and medicines growing wild in the Appalachian forests and fields.
Mushrooms ~ Oysters, Chicken of the Wood, Miataki, Black Trumpets, Lobsters, Honey Mushrooms, Shantrells, Berkley's Polypore, Lion's Mane, Bears Beard, Boletes, Morels, Bradleys, Puffballs, Turkey Tails, Wood Ear, etc.
Plants ~ Nettles, Lambs Quarters, Purslane, Plantain, Dandelion, Burdock, Smilax, Spice Bush, Elderberry, Autumn Olive, St. John's Wort, Sassafras, Red Clover, Poor mans Pepper, Wood Sorrel, Locust Flowers, Mallow, Sumac, Redbud, Yarrow, Ginseng and loads more.
Some handy wild food resources: