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EDIBLE NATIVES IN THE LANDSCAPE
By plant family:
* denotes plants considered to be weeds
Agavacea:
Agave havardiana, Agave neomexicana..................................................baked
agave heart
Sotol (dasylirion sp.)................................................................................baked
sotol heart
Yucca (yucca sp.)..................................................................fresh
flowers, green seed pod Alismatacea:
Arrowhead (sagittaria sp.).................................................................tubers,
boiled or baked
Amaranthacea:
*Amaranth (amaranthus sp.)........................................................flour
from seed,. fresh leaves
Anacardiacea:
Sumacs (rhus sp. orange berries only).....................................................medicine,
tea
Arecaceae:
Palmetto (sabal texana).............................................................................fruit
Asteracea:
*Dandelion (taraxicum officianale).......................................medicine,
wine, coffee, fresh leaves
Goldenrod (solidago sp.).......................................................................tea,
jelly
Greenthread (thelesperma sp.).............................................................................tea
*Wild lettuce (lactuca sp.)....................................................................fresh
leaves and stems
*Giant ragweed (ambrosia trifida).......................................................medicine,
seeds as grain
*Sow thistle (sonchus sp.)..................................................................medicine,
boiled leaves
*Thistle (cirsium sp.)................................................................Leaves,
roots (fresh or cooked)
Berberidaceae:
Agarita (berberis sp.)...........................................................................................fruit
Brassicaceae:
*Mustard (brassica sp.)...................................................................................leaves,
seed
*Peppergrass (lepedium sp.).............................................................................leaves,
seed
Cactacea:
Cholla, Prickly pear, Jumping cactus (opuntia sp.).............................................medicine,
fresh fruits, jelly, fried or baked stems and pads
Caprifoliaceae:
Elderberry (sambucus canadensis)...........................................................................fruit
Rusty blackhaw viburnum (viburnum rufidulum)........................................................fruit
Chenopodiaceae:
*Lamb's quarter (chenopodium album)............................medicine,
fresh leaves, seeds as flour
*Tumbleweed (salsola kali)..................................................................young
shoots (cooked)
Commelinaceae:
Dayflower (commelina sp.)........................................leaves,
stems, flowers (fresh or cooked)
Spiderwort (tradescantia sp.)....................................leaves,
stems, flowers (fresh or cooked)
Crassulaceae:
Sedum (sedum sp.).............................................................
leaves (fresh or cooked)
Cupressaceae:
Juniper (juniperus sp.).......................................................................berries
as seasoning
Cyperaceae:
*Nutgrass (cyperus sp.).............................................................nutlets,
(fresh or cooked)
Ebenaceae:
Persimmon (diospyros virginiana)..............................................................fruit,
leaves as tea
Texas Persimmon (diospyros texana)....................................................................fruit
Ericaceae:
Madrone (arbutus xalapensis)..............................................................................fruits
Fabaceae:
Honey locust (gleditsia triacanthos)............................................................seed
pod
Mesquite (prosopis sp.).............................................................................seed
pod
Redbud (cercis sp.)....................................................................................seed
pod
Retama (parkinsonia aculeata)...................................................................seed
as flour
Fagaceae:
Oaks (quercus sp.)...............................................................................leached
acorns
Juglandaceae:
Hickory, pecan (carya sp.)...............................................................................nuts
Walnut (juglans sp.)..........................................................................................nuts
Lamiaceae:
Beebalm, Horsemint (monarda sp.)............................................................tea,
spice
* Henbit (lamium amplexicaule)...................................leaves,
stems, flowers (fresh or cooked)
Horehound (marrubium vulgare)..............................................................medicine,
tea, candy
Salvias (salvia sp.)...................................................................................spice
Lilliaceae:
*Greenbriar (smilax species)......................................................................tender
young shoots
Onion, Garlic (allium sp.)............................................................................leaves,
bulbs
Malvaceae:
Turk's cap (malvaviscus drummondii)............................leaves, flowers,
fruit, (fresh or cooked)
Martyniaceae:
*Devil's claw (proboscidea sp.)...........................................................green
seed pod
Moraceae:
Mulberry (morus sp.)...................................................................................fruit
Myricaceae:
Wax myrtle (myrica sp.).........................................................................spice
Nymphaeaceae:
Water lilly (nelumbo lutea)...................................................................cooked
tubers
Onagraceae:
Evening primrose (oenothera speciosa)..................................................fresh
leaves
Yellow primrose (oenothera sp.)...........................................................medicine,
leaves, roots
Oxalidaceae:
Oxalis (oxalis sp.)...................................................................................leaves
Passifloraceae:
Passionflower (passiflora sp.)...................................................................fruit
Pinaceae:
Pinyon (pinus sp.).................................................................................seed
Plantaginaceae:
*Plantain (plantago sp.).................................................................medicine,
leaves, seed
Poaceae:
Blue grama (bouteloua gracilis).......................................................................seeds
as flour
Fescue (festuca sp.)........................................................................................seeds
as flour
*Giant cane (arundo donax).....................................................................stems,
seeds as flour
Muhly grass (muhlenbergia sp.).........................................................................seeds
as flour
Panic grass (panicum virgatum).........................................................................seeds
as flour
Sand dropseed (sporobolus sp.).........................................................................seeds
as flour
Wild rice (zizania sp.).................................................................................................rice
Polygonaceae:
*Curly dock (rumex sp.)...............................................leaves
(fresh or cooked), ground seed
Pontederiaceae:
Pickerel weed (pontederia cordata)......................................leaves,
seeds (fresh or cooked)
Portulacaceae:
*Purslane (portulaca oleracea)...............................................leaves,
stems (fresh or cooked)
Rhamnaceae:
Lotebush (ziziphus obtusifolia).........................................................................fruits
Jujube (ziziphus jujuba)...................................................................................fruits
New Jersey tea (ceanothus americanus)......................................................leaves
as tea
Rosaceae:
Blackberry (rubus sp.)....................................................................................fruits
Chickasaw plum (prunus angustifolia)...............................................................fruits
Hawthorn (crataegus sp.)................................................................................fruits
Mexican plum (prunus mexicana).....................................................................fruits
Rose (rosa sp.)............................................................................flowers,
fruit (fresh or as tea)
Solanaceae:
Chile pequin (capsicum annuum).......................................................................fruits
Sapotaceae:
Chittamwood (bumelia languinosa)....................................................................fruits
Typhaceae:
Cattail reed (typha sp.).........................................cooked roots,
fresh young buds and shoots
Ulmaceae:
Hackberry (celtis sp.)..........................................................................................fruits
Violaceae:
Violet (viola sp.)............................................................................flowers,
leaves
Vitaceae::
Grape (vitis sp.).................................................................................................fruits
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