WATER CRESS // NASTURIUM leafs, seeds, white flowers GARLIC MUSTARD leafs, white flowers, seeds, roots (tender first-year root – – tastes like horseradish). Biennial - stalk and seeds appear in second year. RADISH flowers, leaf, oil, seed, seedpod, for condiment CABBAGE – NETTLES STINGING NETTLES - highly nutritious, boiling neuters thorns. SEE > WOOD NETTLE use same as stinging nettles – - talks about all nettles Use Jewelweed to stop sting in both plants Use Jewelweed to stop sting in both plants CLEARWEED medicinal, use with caution, deer & butterflies like it, FALSE NETTLES FOR FIBER, NOT LISTED AS EDIBLE – – likes living next to garlic mustard which is rare for a plant. – Native Americans used Pilea pumila medicinally to alleviate itching, to cure sinus problems, and to treat excessive hunger (D. E. Moerman 1986) ONIONS/ GARLIC / RAMPS WILD GARLIC edible leaves, flowers, seeds, bulbs, like wild onion > WILD ONION / ONION GRASS edible leaves, flowers, seeds, bulbs, raw or – – cooked. RAMPS edible leaves, roots, tastes like wild garlic. Caution: Do not – over-harvest, often needs special protection The plant's flavor, a combination of onions and strong garlic,or "fried green onions with a dash of funky feet" in the words of food writer Jane Snow… STRAWBERRIES leafs & berries, mild tasting, raw or leafs & berries, mild tasting, raw or cooked. INDIAN STRAWBERRIES WILD STRAWBERRIES - – cooked. SEE >
WATER CRESS // NASTURIUM – leafs, seeds, white flowers GARLIC MUSTARD – leafs, white flowers, seeds, roots (tender first-year root tastes like horseradish). Biennial - stalk and seeds appear in second year. RADISH – flowers, leaf, oil, seed, seedpod, for condiment CABBAGE NETTLES STINGING NETTLES - highly nutritious, boiling neuters thorns. SEE > - talks about all nettles Use Jewelweed to stop sting in both plants WOOD NETTLE – use same as stinging nettles Use Jewelweed to stop sting in both plants CLEARWEED – medicinal, use with caution, deer & butterflies like it, likes living next to garlic mustard – which is rare for a plant. Native Americans used Pilea pumila medicinally to alleviate itching, to cure sinus problems, and to treat excessive hunger (D. E. Moerman 1986) FALSE NETTLES – FOR FIBER, NOT LISTED AS EDIBLE ONIONS/ GARLIC / RAMPS WILD GARLIC – edible leaves, flowers, seeds, bulbs, like wild onion > WILD ONION / ONION GRASS – edible leaves, flowers, seeds, bulbs, raw or cooked. RAMPS – edible leaves, roots, tastes like wild garlic. Caution: Do not over-harvest, often needs special protection The plant's flavor, a combination of onions and strong garlic,or "fried green onions with a dash of funky feet" in the words of food writer Jane Snow… STRAWBERRIES INDIAN STRAWBERRIES – leafs & berries, mild tasting, raw or cooked. SEE > WILD STRAWBERRIES - leafs & berries, mild tasting, raw or cooked.
GreenPlants.docx