Plants to look for
Urban foraging is mostly "weeds" and a few ornamental trees that happen to be edible — not orchards. Each page has ID cues, safety notes, and space for harvest & prep notes.
Lamb's QuartersChenopodium album
PurslanePortulaca oleracea
AppleMalus domestica
ChicoryCichorium intybus
CrabappleMalus sp.
Wood SorrelOxalis stricta
Aronia / Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
PlumPrunus domestica (and wild Prunus)
Rowan / Mountain-AshSorbus aucuparia
Rose HipsRosa sp.
Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
HackberryCeltis occidentalis
HawthornCrataegus
Wild GrapeVitis riparia
ElderberrySambucus canadensis
Highbush CranberryViburnum opulus
Black WalnutJuglans nigra
ButternutJuglans cinerea
Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
Oak (Acorns)Quercus rubra
American BeechFagus grandifolia
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
BurdockArctium minus
YarrowAchillea millefolium
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Wild ChivesAllium schoenoprasum
GinkgoGinkgo biloba
Linden / BasswoodTilia sp.
Broadleaf PlantainPlantago major
MulberryMorus sp.
Red RaspberryRubus idaeus
BlackberryRubus allegheniensis
Serviceberry / SaskatoonAmelanchier sp.
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Black CurrantRibes nigrum
Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
ChokecherryPrunus virginiana
Sugar MapleAcer saccharum
BirchBetula papyrifera
Black CherryPrunus serotina
HazelnutCorylus americana
Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Stinging NettleUrtica dioica
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
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