Survival Plant Identification Booklet Wild Edibles Plants Medicinal

Survival Plant Identification Booklet Wild Edibles Plants Medicinal Plants

Raspberries (collect a triplet of leaves) • Leaves can be steeped for tea • Berries ripen in July

Dandelion (collect 1 leaf and 1 flower) • Leaves can be eaten raw in salad • Yellow flowers can be eaten in salad

Concord Grapes (collect 1 leaf) • Grapes ripen in September • Leaves can be cooked and used in stuffed grape leaf recipes • Stems are a great source of water • Poisonous Lookalike is Canadian Moonseed

Concord Grapes Have tendrils 2 -4 non-Crescent Shaped Seeds Stem grows from bottom of leaf Pointed Leaves Canadian Moonseed No Tendrils Single Crescent Shaped Seed Stem grows from the underside of the leaf Rounded Leaves

Wood Sorrel (collect 3 hearts) • Can be eaten raw in salads • Tastes lemony

Strawberries (collect a triplet of leaves) • Berries ripen in June

Wild Onion (Chives) (collect 1 stem only) • Used as a spice to flavor dishes • Can be eaten raw

Pine Needles (collect 1 cluster of pine needles) (not cedar, juniper, spruce or other evergreens) • Needles can be steeped to make tea • Pine Needle tea has more Vitamin C than a glass of OJ

Milkweed (collect 1 leaf) • Stems can be used to make cordage • Not edible!

Jewel Weed (collect 1 leaf) • Antidote to poison ivy • Mash the leaves/stems and put on surface of the skin. Wrap with cloth/tape • Steep the leaves/stems in water to make tea • Take a jewel weed bath- soak in a bathtub with lots of jewel weed

Plantain (collect 1 leaf) • Can be mashed with a rock and water to make a paste. • Apply for bee stings, snake bites and mosquito bites and other skin irritations for pain relief

Chocolate Mint and Spearmint (collect 2 different leaves ) -can be eaten raw as a breath freshener -can be used as a flavoring in any dish -cab be steeped to make tea

Lamb’s Quarters (collect 1 leaf) -Can be cooked and eaten like spinach -Has more iron than spinach!

Other Edibles • Cedar Inner Bark- can be eaten like jerky • Acorns- must be soaked to remove tannins