Weeds are but plants for which we have not found sufficient use. But how unfair! Wild edibles, when one is sure they are edible and not poisonous, are usually nutritionally superior to their more civilized man-grown cousins. Add them to your salads or munch in the wild, but watch out - the sometimes strong flavor can be a bit overwhelming!

Thanks to Andrew P. Firk (former owner of Wild Harvest Herbs) for compiling the Eastern list, and to W.I.L.D. for the Western U.S. list.

Wild Asparagus

Indian Cucumber

Peppermint

Wild Strawberry

Sunflower

Wild Onion

Watercress

Jerusalem Artichoke

Spearmint

Red & Black Raspberry

Black Walnut

Peppergrass

Sourcress

Day Lily

Sassafras

Wild Grape

American Hazelnut

Wild Garlic

Chickweed

Burdock

Sweetfern

Highbush Bluebery

Shagbark Hickory

Shepherd's Purse

Purslane

Wild Leek

Labrador Tea

Common Blackberry

Wild Rice

Garlic Mustard

Young Chicory Leaves

Yarrow

Beach Plum

Young Dandelion Leaves

White & Red Mulberry

Young Pokewood Shoots

Wine Berry

Lamb's-quarters

Black Hucklebery

Wintercress

Juneberry

Miner's Letuce

Brodacia

Pennyroyal

Elderberry

Acorn

Sages

Curly Dock

Yampa

Sages

Manzanita

Chia

Fennel

Filaree

Cattail

Sagebrush

Holly Leaf Cherry

Chinquapin

Juniper

Nettle

Biscuit Root

Mormon Tea

Cactus Pear

Mesquite

Wild Onions

New Zealand Spinach

Mariposa Lily

Sugar Bush

Tule-Bulrush

Wild Mustards

Desert Holly

Cames

Goosebery-Currant

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