The Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Northwest

A guide to identifying the wild edible plants and medicinal plant medicines found in the Pacific Northwest region of North America: British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California.

These plants are mainly founded in the coastal rainforests along the west coast in the ...more ↓

All 41

Pacific Crab Apple ¹
Malus fusca

Pacific Glasswort ²
Salicornia pacifica

stinging nettle ³
Urtica dioica

small camas ⁴
Camassia quamash

nodding onion ⁵
Allium cernuum

trailing blackberry ⁴
Rubus ursinus

Common Snowberry ⁶
Symphoricarpos albus

checker lily ⁷
Fritillaria affinis

broadleaf cattail ⁸
Typha latifolia

common cowparsnip ⁹
Heracleum maximum

Stink Currant ¹⁰
Ribes bracteosum

Devil's Club ¹¹
Oplopanax horridus

beach strawberry ¹²
Fragaria chiloensis

thimbleberry ¹³
Rubus parviflorus

tiger lily ¹⁴
Lilium lancifolium

Canadian buffalo-berry ¹⁵
Shepherdia canadensis

Ocean spray ¹⁶
Holodiscus discolor

Labrador tea ¹⁷
Rhododendron groenlandicum

miner's lettuce ¹⁸
Claytonia perfoliata

bearberry ¹⁹
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Indian Plum ²⁰
Ziziphus zizyphus

salal ²¹
Gaultheria shallon

crown brodiaea ²²
Brodiaea coronaria

Red Huckleberry ²³
Vaccinium parvifolium

rose spiraea ²⁴
Spiraea douglasii

fireweed ²⁵
Chamaenerion angustifolium

Red-flowering Currant ²⁶
Ribes sanguineum

Indian pipe ²⁷
Monotropa uniflora

false Solomon's seal ²⁸
Maianthemum racemosum

blue elder ²⁹
Sambucus cerulea

whitebark raspberry ³⁰
Rubus leucodermis

swamp currant ⁴
Ribes lacustre

Oregon grape
Berberis aquifolium

Saskatoon ³¹
Amelanchier alnifolia

pearly everlasting ³²
Anaphalis margaritacea

springbank clover ³³
Trifolium wormskioldii

salmonberry ³⁴
Rubus spectabilis

yerba buena ³⁵
Clinopodium douglasii

Trailing Blackcurrant ³⁶
Ribes laxiflorum

common yarrow ³⁷
Achillea millefolium

greater plantain ³⁸
Plantago major

Edited by Kyle Pearce, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

1. (c) Mike Patterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Patterson
2. (c) Jerry Kirkhart, some rights reserved (CC BY)
3. (c) Jacky Judas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jacky Judas
4. (c) Brent Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
5. (c) Jason Sturner, some rights reserved (CC BY)
6. (c) James Gaither, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
7. (c) David Hofmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
8. (c) Petritap, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
9. (c) Marion Anthonisen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marion Anthonisen
10. (c) Guy Monty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
11. (c) J Brew, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
12. (c) Franco Folini, some rights reserved (CC BY)
13. (c) Tyler Kelly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tyler Kelly
14. (c) Kathy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Kathy
15. (c) Rob Curtis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rob Curtis
16. (c) Todd Ramsden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Todd Ramsden
17. (c) Kingsbrae Garden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
18. (c) enbodenumer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
19. (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Damon Tighe
20. (c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
21. (c) Cable Bay Trail, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
22. (c) M.E. Sanseverino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
23. (c) moizissimo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
24. (c) Juha Haataja, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
25. (c) Phil Sellens, some rights reserved (CC BY)
26. (c) Minette Layne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
27. (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)
28. (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
29. (c) Dominic, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dominic
30. (c) chipmunk_1, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
31. (c) Gravitywave, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
32. (c) peupleloup, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
33. (c) Cat Chang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cat Chang
34. (c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY)
35. (c) Alex Abair, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alex Abair
36. (c) Tab Tannery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
37. (c) Steve Guttman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
38. (c) M. Goff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by M. Goff

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

nodding onion 5 Allium cernuum

trailing blackberry 4 Rubus ursinus

Common Snowberry 6 Symphoricarpos albus

checker lily 7 Fritillaria affinis

broadleaf cattail 8 Typha latifolia

common cowparsnip 9 Heracleum maximum

Stink Currant 10 Ribes bracteosum

Devil's Club 11 Oplopanax horridus

beach strawberry 12 Fragaria chiloensis

thimbleberry 13 Rubus parviflorus

tiger lily 14 Lilium lancifolium

Canadian buffalo-berry 15 Shepherdia canadensis

Ocean spray 16 Holodiscus discolor

Labrador tea 17 Rhododendron groenlandicum

miner's lettuce 18 Claytonia perfoliata

bearberry 19 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Indian Plum 20 Ziziphus zizyphus

salal 21 Gaultheria shallon

crown brodiaea 22 Brodiaea coronaria

Red Huckleberry 23 Vaccinium parvifolium

rose spiraea 24 Spiraea douglasii

fireweed 25 Chamaenerion angustifolium

Red-flowering Currant 26 Ribes sanguineum

Indian pipe 27 Monotropa uniflora

false Solomon's seal 28 Maianthemum racemosum

blue elder 29 Sambucus cerulea

whitebark raspberry 30 Rubus leucodermis

swamp currant 4 Ribes lacustre

Oregon grape Berberis aquifolium

Saskatoon 31 Amelanchier alnifolia

pearly everlasting 32 Anaphalis margaritacea

springbank clover 33 Trifolium wormskioldii

salmonberry 34 Rubus spectabilis

yerba buena 35 Clinopodium douglasii

Trailing Blackcurrant 36 Ribes laxiflorum

common yarrow 37 Achillea millefolium

greater plantain 38 Plantago major