7/30/2008

Wild Spring Edibles, Washington

Red Huckleberry (berry)


Evergreen Huckleberry (berry) - leaves (before flowering) are a good stabilizer of blood sugar.


Salal (berry) - astringent


Fairy Slipper (orchid)


Miners Lettuce


Oregon Grape (root) - dig in the fall; astringent; substitute for goldenseal.


Salmon Berry


Salmon Berry - edible shoots.


Wild Ginger


Nettles - adaptogen, helps body adapt to stress; dry leaves for tea; steam spring leaves.


Yellow Dock - steam spring leaves. dig root in fall.


Self-Heal - apply topically to wounds.


Dandelion - edible flowers, leaves.


Rattlesnake Plantain - apply topically


Plantain - apply topically to wounds.


Ground Ivy


Sheep Sorrel - edible arrow shaped leaf


Big Leaf Maple Blossom - edible flowers


Camas Root - edible


Wild Onion/Garlic - Michigan

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