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Edible plant foods of western Washington State

Salmonberries on the bush.

Salmonberries on the bush.

I live in western Washington, and I have always felt fortunate to live in such a bountiful and beautiful area. In fact, there probably isn't an easier place for wilderness survival! I attribute this mainly to the huge selection of edible wild plants in the region. To list just a few:





-Berries (salmonberries, thimbleberries, blackberries, red and blue huckleberries, watermelon berries, elderberries, and more)

-Tubers and Stems (wild carrot, fiddlehead ferns, and shoots, cattail)

-Tree foods (crabapples, indian plum, birch nuts, and maple and birch sap)

-Wild (and introduced) Greens (nettle, dandelion, and plantain weed)

-And more besides!


I'm afraid I can't accurately describe to you all of these (there are so many!), so I encourage you to go look up a couple of these plants--it may save your life someday!


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Edible plant foods of western Washington State

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Dec 12, 2008
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by: Anonymous

needs more plants i think its the whole point of a page on plants plus the plant shown is extremely common and found every were!!
Nov 30, 2008
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I think this type of page is a great idea. People should make their own pages like this for where they live. It would be so cool if there was a page for every part of north america!

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