Plants - Edible Species

• Apple, Common (Malus pumila) - Fruits are very edible.
• Artichoke, Jerusalem (Helianthus tuberosus) - The tubers are edible and delicious, either eaten raw or cooked like potatoes.
• Baked-apple Berry (Rubus chamaemorus) - The berries are edible.
• Blueberry, Velvetleaf (Vaccinium myrtilloides) - The berries are delicious.
• Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) - Edible but not adviseable, as it contains carcinogens.
• Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) - The berries are edible, but hardly worth it due to the single hard seed at the center to which the edible part clings tenaciously.
• Burdock, Common (Arctium minus) - The deep taproot root is edible cooked. Best in the first year.
• Carrot, Wild (Daucus carota) - Root is edible - tastes like carrots.
• Cattail, Common (Typha latifolia) - Most parts of are edible: roots, young shoots, pollen.
• Chestnut, American (Castanea dentata) - The nuts are edible and delicious.
• Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) - Yes, this is the usual chives that is grown in gardens.
• Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) - Edible but extremely tart, hence the name!
• Cranberry, Large (Vaccinium macrocarpon) - Berries are edible. Best if cooked.
• Cranberry, Small (Vaccinium oxycoccos) - The berries are edible, although best if cooked first.
• Cucumber Root, Indian (Medeola virginiana) - Roots are edible raw or cooked. Taste like cucumber. However, they are very small.
• Dandelion, Common (Taraxacum officinale) - The roots are edible, when dried and used as a coffee substitute. The young leaves are good salad and cooked greens.
• Elderberry, Common (Sambucus nigra) - The berries make excellent pies.
• Fern, Cinnamon (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum) - Edible, but Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) is much better.
• Fir, Balsam (Abies balsamea) - The needles make a nice bush tea.
• Gooseberry, Bristly Wild (Ribes oxyacanthoides) - Fruits are edible.
• Gooseberry, Prickly (Ribes cynosbati) - Fruits are edible.
• Gooseberry, Wild (Ribes hirtellum) - Fruits are edible.
• Hemlock, Eastern (Tsuga canadensis) - Needles make a nice tea.
• Juneberry, Mountain (Amelanchier bartramiana) - The ripe berries are edible.
• Leek, Wild (Allium tricoccum) - The leaves and bulbs are edible. raw or cooked.
• Lily, Trout (Erythronium americanum) - The corms (tubers) are edible raw.
• Lily, White Trout (Erythronium albidum) - The corms (tubers) are edible raw.
• Maple, Black (Acer nigrum) - Sap is edible.
• Maple, Sugar (Acer saccharum) - Sap is edible.
• Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) - The ripe fruits are edible. CAUTION: Do not eat the fruit until it is ripe. Ripe fruits are yellow and soft. Unripe fruits are greenish and not soft. They are slightly poisonous when unripe: green fruits are strongly cathartic.
• Milkweed, Common (Asclepias syriaca) - The flower heads can be fried in batter and eaten.
• Mustard, Garlic (Alliaria petiolata) - is edible raw or cooked like a vegetable green. A fairly decent pesto can be made from the leaves. was originally brought to North America as a food plant!
• Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) - Fruits are edible.
• Onion, Nodding Wild (Allium cernuum) - Eminetnly edible, but this plant should never be harvested due to its rarity.
• Parsnip, Water (Sium suave) - Edible, but best avoided due to its similarity to the deadly piosonous Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)
• Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) - The berries are edible, but not very flavourful.
• Pine, Eastern White (Pinus strobus) - Needles make a nice tea.
• Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) - The young shoots are edible.
• Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) - is very good in a salad, or cooked.
• Raisin, Wild (Viburnum nudum) - Fruits are edible.
• Raspberry, Black (Rubus occidentalis) - Fruits are delicious.
• Raspberry, Wild Red (Rubus idaeus) - The fruits are delicious.
• Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) - The leaf stalks are edible after being cooked.
• Sedge, Golden (Carex aurea) - The little golden-coloured nutlets are edible.
• Serviceberry, Downy (Amelanchier arborea) - The ripe berries are edible.
• Serviceberry, Low (Amelanchier humilis) - The ripe berries are edible.
• Serviceberry, Smooth (Amelanchier laevis) - The ripe berries are edible.
• Serviceberry, Swamp (Amelanchier canadensis) - Fruits edible, juicy.
• Snowberry, Creeping (Gaultheria hispidula) - Berries are edible; taste mildly of wintergreen.
• Sweet Gale (Myrica gale) - Tea cna be made from the leaves.
• Sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina) - The nutlets are edible. Tea can be made from the leaves.
• Walnut, Black (Juglans nigra) - Nuts are edible.
• Walnut, English (Juglans regia) - Nuts are very edible - this is the source of commercial walnuts.
• Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) - Berries are edible. Leaves may be chewed for the wintergreen taste.