Jelly Ear Mushroom/ All Year Round/ Edible Jelly Ear Mushrooms are a delightful edible mushroom and although they can be found all year, early spring is when they’re most prolific. Common names Jelly Ears, Wood Ears Botanical name Auricularia auricula-judae Season All year Jelly Ear Mushroom Foraging Video Meaning…
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Sea Buckthorn / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Sea Buckthorn, Buckthorn, Tang Bush, Sea Berry. Botanical Name Hippophae Rhamnoides Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Elaeagnaceae Physical Characteristics of Sea Buckthorn Sea Buckthorn is a dioecious shrub or small tree growing from…
Sea Beet / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Sea beet, Wild spinach Botanical Name Beta vulgaris maritima Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Caryophyllales Family – Amaranthaceae Physical Characteristics of Sea Beet Sea beet is a sprawling perennial growing up to 1m, although rarely…
Rock Samphire / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Samphire, Stone Samphire, Rock Samphire, Sea Fennel Botanical Name Crithmum maritimum Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Apiales Family – Apiacea Physical Characteristics for Rock Samphire Rock Samphire is a fleshy perennial growing to 30cm tall and wide.…
Ribwort Plantain / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Narrowleaf plantain, English plantain, Buckhorn plantain, ribleaf, lamb’s tongue. Botanical Name Plantago lanceolata Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Rosaeae Physical Characteristics for Ribwort Plantain The plant is a rosette-forming perennial herb, with leafless, silky,…
Yarrow / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Arrowroot, bad man’s plaything, bloodwort, carpenter’s weed, death flower, devil’s nettle, eerie, field hops, gearwe, hundred leaved grass, knight’s milefoil, knyghten, milefolium, milfoil, millefoil, noble yarrow, nosebleed, old man’s mustard, old man’s pepper, sanguinary, seven year’s love,…
Dead Nettles (white & red) / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Though superficially similar to species of Urtica (true nettles) in appearance, it is not related and does not sting, hence the name “dead-nettle”. Edible Uses Young leaves – raw or cooked. They can be added to salads or mixed…
Comfrey / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is a well-known wild plant that thrives in damp meadows, riverbanks, and hedgerows across the UK. Recognised by its drooping, bell-shaped purple flowers and rough, hairy leaves, this hardy perennial has been used for centuries in traditional herbal…
Crow Garlic / Spring / Winter / Edible Common Names Wild garlic, onion grass, crow garlic or stag’s garlic, compact onion, false garlic, wild onion Botanical Name Allium vineale Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Allium Family – Amaryllidaceae Physical Characteristics for Crow Garlic A perennial, bulb-forming species of wild…
Cleavers / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Everything you need to safely identify the edible and medicinal Cleavers or Sticky Weed (Gallium Aparine) before heading out to forage some. Common Names Clivers, “bort”, bedstraw, goosegrass, catchweed, stickyweed, stickybud, robin-run-the-hedge, sticky willy, sticky willow, stickyjack, stickeljack, and grip grass.…