Rachel’s Wild Plants Blog

Learn About Edible & Medicinal Herbs, Shrubs and Trees

There’s a new plant every Friday – we’re just getting started! Browse the Index or Tags, or check out the latest:

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  Fire Cherry – Prunus Pensylvanica: Early Cherry of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsApril 29, 2022
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  Wild Grapevines – Vitis SPP.: Pickle Crisper of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsApril 22, 2022
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  The Wood Folk Diaries: Volume 3, Chapter 5: Hummingbird Moths and HoneysuckleApril 17, 2022
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  Eastern Hemlock – Tsuga Canadensis: Porcupine Tree of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsApril 15, 2022
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  Cinquefoils – Potentilla SPP.: Mock Strawberries of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsApril 8, 2022
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  Mulberries – Morus SPP.: 1 Endangered vs. 1 Invasive Tree of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsApril 1, 2022
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  Pickerel-weed – Pontederia Cordata: Purple Sea of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsMarch 25, 2022
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  Bittercresses – Cardamine SPP.: Pepper Root of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsMarch 18, 2022
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  The Wood Folk Diaries: Volume 3, Chapter 4: Springs First Butterflies the Mourning Cloak & Compton TortoiseshellMarch 17, 2022
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  Pipsissewa – Chimaphila Umbellata: Bitter Wintergreen of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsMarch 11, 2022
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  Variegated Pond-lily – Nuphar Variegata: Yellow Lake Rose of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsMarch 4, 2022
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  Coneflowers – Echinacea SPP.: Trendiest of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsFebruary 25, 2022
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  Wild Chive – Allium Schoenoprasum: Underrated var. Laurentianum of Edible & Medicinal Wild PlantsFebruary 18, 2022