Ostrich fern which are too mature to harvest
Ostrich fern fiddleheads at good stage to gather for the table.
More fiddleheads
Bowl of Ostrich fern fiddleheads ready for cooking.
Sunchoke flowers
Sunchoke tubers
Apios Americana flowers
A few more groundnut flowers growing over some daylily stems.
Apios americana tubers dangling from the river bank.
Sea Rocket in mid June
Seaside Plantain, Mid June
Seabeach Sandwort, early July
Milkweed flowerbuds in June
Milkweed flowers, late June
Milkweed open pods early August
Milkweed seedpods late August
Wild Radish seedpods early July
Clintonia borealis , now flowering well past the edible stage
Clintonia borealis, aka (Corn lily, Cow tongue, Bluebead lily), here is a plant with young curled leaves ready to be gathered for salad use in late April.
Clintonia borealis in spring snow.
Trout-lily after flowering with seed pod developing.
Trout lily pods in hand.
Yellow Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis)
Bowl of Yellow Goatsbeard
Yellow Goatsbeard in flower, this one is (Tragopogon dubius)
Yellow Goatsbeard’s open seed-head
Yellow goatsbeard roots
Gill-over-the-ground, Glechoma hederacea, edible in small amounts with caution.
Stinging nettle and friend
June Stinging Nettle in the shade
Stinging nettle patch on the edge of a stand of Japanese Knotweed
Baskets full of Stinging nettle
Japanese Knotweed shoots at excellent stage for eating.
Japanese knotweed peeled and ready.
Live-forever also known as Orpine, early spring growth
Live-forever (Sedum telephium), light green leaves in the center of photo
Live-forever in tall grass
Live-forever, Orpine on stream floodplain
Live-forever with tubers visible
Evening-primrose in early spring before 2nd year stem develops.
Evening-primrose root
Evening-primrose in early June, should grow 3 or 4 feet taller before flowering around Sept.
Evening-primrose flowers
Shepherd’s purse just before winter with stems
Shepherd’s purse mid November
Stachys palustris tubers in the center of the plate.
Stachys palustris in spring.
Fall harvest Stachys palustris.
Wild Horseradish, early spring growth
Wild Horseradish with flower buds in field of Timothy grass
Large-leaved Aster at the good stage for gathering
A bed of Large-leaved Aster in June 2013
Young Large-leaved Aster leaves
July 27/13 Large-leaved Aster are beginning to flower, should have some seeds in the fall
Wild Caraway stems with seeds in late July. (Carum carvi)
Closer look at Caraway seeds with Water Hemlock behind with white flowers.
Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis) common on the edge of the salt marsh.
Sonchus arvensis, spring leaves
Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria)
Young growth of Goutweed leaf stems ideal for gathering.
Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)
Fireweed shoots, not easy to see in the spring grasses
Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)
Wood Nettle on the floodplain.
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So interesting to see your wild plant foods!
Thanks for stopping in, I enjoyed being introduced to some new plants over on your blog as well. ciao
Lovely. I should try foraging more. I tend to focus on hedgerow fruits and flowers.
You don’t have to go far, start with the plants which surround the hedgerow and flowers you’re already familiar with, you’ll be surprised with what is very close at hand. I’m still finding very interesting foods after many decades of foraging just by questioning what is this which catches my attention at a walking pace.
Excellent stuff. – Opher from Opher’s World!
I haven’t seen crows feet yet even at market spots – what is it?
I haven’t picked any myself this year though I have seen a small number of people gathering them off and on during the last month as I travel by the marsh. I also seen some large bushy green plants at a shop in Moncton last week so it appears they are near the end of their best tenderness for this year. I suspect this may have been an off year for them as the number of pickers I usually see on the marsh is way down compared to most year. update – I should have mentioned for those wondering what plant (crows feet) are- they’re Salicornia europaea, we have this plant growing small with a single stem and also sometimes large bushy plants over a foot tall, also a thick succulent prostrate version.
Nice to see you. Hope all is well 🙂
Thanks Jane, things go well, wishing you a pleasant summer in the border town.
Very interesting, i do pick about 10 different weeds around my garden an surrounding, but i would love to learn more, do you ever do outings for anyone interested? 😃 Rosa
Yes, I’m open to individuals and small groups interested in wild foods in the Moncton and surrounding area. You can find my email or text# in my contact page right here on the blog to set a time. Happy weeding