Observations by biocurious

Single flower per stem

Mustard family four petals central stock short stock each flower

Soft tops look for thorns

Survival food eat very young boil twice danger red stems too mature

More deeply cut leaves yellow flowers spikes leave part farther apart no hair

Floodplains parsley like greens stalks both eaten

Sweet leaf looks like small hemlock eat stalks leaves hairy out or down five petal whiite spring lacy leaves bottom of stock thin then thick

Sour heart shaped leaves balanced plant flower

Stalk peeled tastes mildly of melon

Ridge no hairs yellow flowers ears at bottom of leaves less spiny than other thistles

Pick before flower for best leaves are paired stalk row of hairs on one side five split petals look like ten white flowers early spring larger tender leaves

White powder on stem purple spots on stem no hair hollow leaf stock water hem no powder white flower both

Relative of sunflower petals droop eat the young green

Twisted leaves prickly stems

Hairy ridge hairs all over Canada just on top this one is most bitter blue flower

Peel stack eat

Stem

Eat leave

Fuzzy little bit hair no white powder on stem dogbane bitter not on to eat no fuzziness one stem a all

Better than dandelion

Five parallel veins

Hollow leaves bit tougher if looks onion smells safe to eat

No stingers greens look for tender in sun

Composite flowers yellow dandelion like leaf Sautee bitter the green

Stiff hairs slice bark reddish brown not white brown like other elm use bark fast growing chew for sore throat