Fir, Spruce, and Pine make fine wild edibles if you know how to identify them. Edible parts include the spring growth of green tips and young cones as well as the tree pollen. From pine you can also get pine nuts but the species found in the UK produce a…
Category: Plant identification
Sea Spray (Suaeda maritima) How to Identify Sea Blite Edible Scientific NameSuaeda Maritima FamilyAmaranthaceae Also known asSeepweed, Seaspray, Sea Rosemary (we’re trying to rename it Sea Samphire as its uses are so similar to that of Marsh Samphire) HabitatIt grows on salt marshes around the world, native to some places…
Sea Purslane (Halimione portulacoides ) How to Identify Sea Purslane Edible Botanical NameHalimione portulacoides Could be confused withHabitat and look make this plant near impossible to confuse with anything. Range and DistributionTemperate regions of Europe including the UK, Asia and Northern Africa HabitatCoastal areas, specifically salt marshes and sandy areas…
Sea Buckthorn / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible How to Identify Sea Buckthorn Common Names Sea Buckthorn, Buckthorn, Tang Bush, Sea Berry. Botanical Name Hippophae Rhamnoides Meaning of Botanical Name The Latin Hippo meaning horse and phaos meaning to shine has been given to sea buckthorn as it…
Sea Arrowgrass / Summer / Edible Sea Arrowgrass is an absolute delight to discover, something you thought was previously grass actually tastes like coriander, and it grows in the UK! Botanical Name Triglochin maritima Other Common Names Wild Corriander, Sea Corriander, Arrowgrass Known Hazards The more green parts of the…
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) How to Identify Rowan Edible Scientific NameSorbus aucuparia FamilyRoseaceae Also known asMountain Ash, witch wiggin tree, keirn, cuirn HabitatNative to cooler regions of the northern hemisphere, most of Europe, parts of Asia and Northern Africa, and most common in the UK in the north and west, it…
Ribwort Plantain / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible How to Identify Ribwort Plantain Scientific Name Plantago lanceolata Family Plantaginaceae Also known as Narrowleaf plantain, English plantain, Buckhorn plantain, ribleaf, lamb’s tongue. Habitat Europe, including Britain, from Iceland south and east to Spain, northern and central Asia. It has…
Yarrow / spring / summer / autumn / winter / edible How to Identify Yarrow Scientific Name Achillea millefolium Family Asteraceae Also known as Yarrow or common yarrow Traditional names arrowroot, bad man’s plaything, bloodwort, carpenter’s weed, death flower, devil’s nettle, eerie, field hops, gearwe, hundred leaved grass, knight’s…
Miners Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) How to Identify Miners Lettuce Edible Scientific NameClaytonia perfoliata FamilyMontiaceae Also known asIndian lettuce, spring beauty, and winter purslane. Habitat: Disturbed and waste ground, moist banks and slopes, often in partial shade, especially on light soils. Also found on rather dry sandy soils. Western N. America…
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) How to Identify Meadow Sweet Edible Scientific NameFilipendula ulmaria FamilyRosaceae Also known asMead wort, queen of the meadow, pride of the meadow, meadow-wort, meadow queen, lady of the meadow, dollof, meadsweet, and bridewort. HabitatGrows in damp ditches throughout Europe and western Asia. It is native throughout most…