What edible plants are native to Oregon?
Here’s a sampling:
- Rosa: Wild Rose.
- Vaccinium: Huckleberry.
- Amelanchier alnifolia: Serviceberry.
- Fragaria: Strawberry.
- Rubus: Salmonberry and Thimbleberry.
- Sambucus: Elderberry.
- Gaultheria shallon: Salal.
- Viburnum trilobum: American Cranberry Bush.
What plants in my backyard can I eat?
10 Edible Weeds Likely Growing in Your Yard
- Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
- Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
- Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella)
- Curly Dock (Rumex crispus)
- Wood Sorrel (Oxalis spp.)
- Lamb’s Quarters (Chenopodium album)
- Chickweed (Stellaria media)
- Plantain (Plantago spp.)
What plants are edible in the Pacific Northwest?
The Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Northwest
- Pacific Crab Apple 1 Malus fusca.
- Pacific Glasswort 2 Salicornia pacifica.
- stinging nettle 3 Urtica dioica.
- small camas 4 Camassia quamash.
Are serviceberry native to Oregon?
Is it native? Mark Turner: Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) is native in all Washington counties, all Oregon counties, northern California, and southern British Columbia. It’s one of our most widespread native shrubs. It usually grows as a shrub, but can be a small single-stemmed tree.
What part of Purslane is edible?
There are annual and succulent varieties of purslane or portulaca also available. All of these are edible plants. The flowers, buds, seeds, leaves, and stems are all edible. However, most people just eat the stems and the leaves.
Where can you forage in Oregon?
Nature parks and preserves including Forest Park, Powell Butte, Tryon Creek State Natural Area, Marquam Nature Park, and Lewis and Clark State Park make excellent foraging destinations, and you’ll know for sure that the plants haven’t been sprayed with chemicals.
How tall does Amelanchier alnifolia grow?
Conspicuously columnar, small tree, usually not much taller than 3.5 m. The broadly elliptical to virtually round leaves are somewhat bronze coloured on emergence, but are dark green in summer.