Looking for wild edible plants you can safely eat raw? In this quick guide, Craig Caudill from Nature Reliance School shows you 7 nutritious wild plants that are easy to identify and enjoy straight from the trail. From lemony wood sorrel to protein-packed lamb’s quarters, these plants are perfect for foraging beginners and seasoned outdoorsmen alike.
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🍃 Featured Plants:
Wood Sorrel (Oxalis spp.) – lemony tang
Chickweed (Stellaria media) – tender & mild
Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) – full of omega-3s
Plantain (Plantago major/lanceolata) – young leaves are best
Miner’s Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) – crisp and cool
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) – bitter but powerful
Lamb’s Quarters (Chenopodium album) – wild spinach
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The only thing I could mention is to be careful with the dandelion, there is a toxic cousin…. Know how to identify the leaf correctly before consuming it.
I have about 20 lb of purslane in the backyard
Nettles, wheatgrass, daisies
❤ I love it purslane
Sowthistle. Root leaves yellow flowers and sap
plantains be like dicaprios taste in women
Don't forget poison oak. Especially the big red leaves during Fall and Winter. Mmmmmm mmm! Throw in a few yellow jackets for protein and you got a tasty salad. (this is a joke..DON'T EAT THIS!)
I have ate miners lettuce when i can find it and can attest it's very tasty! Very juicy and crisp
There once was a hippie forager traveled south of the border eating weeds raw & unwashed along the way till one day he got a fatal brainworm infection and that was all she wrote. The end
All plants contain natural toxins, its a survival food , nothing else
Never seen miners lettuce, but have seen and eaten the rest. I’ve never found a plantain of any size that tasted good.
I called the wood sorrel sour grass and Loved it since a toddler. I just ate some. mmm sour
Lambs Quarter is also known as white goose foot and it is rampant in the Midwest. This and stinging nettle are very healthy green leafy foraging foods. I consider them super duper food because of how much nutrients and antioxidants they contain.
Thanks for sharing. I didn’t know about a couple of these so I appreciate the insight and advice. ❤
Wild violets are edible too
It’d be better to eat bugs than to munch on that plant crapola.
Thank you
My Grandma foraged for all of these. She fried the dandelion buds with bacon grease. yum.
Purslane my fav. Rich in plant based Omega3, vit C minerals….
Thanks sounds delicious
Pig weed. It's that succulent that lives to take over flowers and gardens.
I've tried dandelion leaves and no matter how young I picked them they were ALWAYS bitter. I have also tried the dandelion root coffee substitute and it's at least as good as chicory.
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Like purslane straight out of the garden in the evening when its cool!
One thing I've always thought would be useful in these plant identification videos (or pictures for that matter) would be a person standing next to it, or a person's hand next to it, so it becomes clear how big they are.
You can eat some clover.
What part of the country do you live in?
Lambs quarters also produce nice starchy seeds, albeit you gotta cook em, that are related to quinoa and amaranth. In fact in pre-colonial north america there was a variety that was domesticated that has since all gone feral. But lambs quarter is an amazing plant that can thrive in an amazing diversity of soil conditions.
Could you mention in what country you live at the beginning of your video? It's not as informative if we're on different continents.
You’re definitely a person I’d want to get lost with in the woods with it would be my best bet of survival.❤🙏🏼
Do not listen to this guy he doesn't know what he's talking about chickweed will make you sleepy please be careful who you listen to on YouTube check out what they're saying