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Realistically any mixture of wild edibles can be chucked into a Wild Salad bowl and when dressed with tasty vinaigrette, something warm like wilted nettles and wild garlic and something crunchy like croutons or fried bacon and it will taste just delightful. Some of the ingredients mentioned below haven’t been…

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…