Edible, Useful and Medicinal Plants of the Philadelphia Area- Briar Bush Nature Center

Please note- this guide is for interest only. Eating wild plants has risks.
Collecting wild plants is often illegal in public areas, and can have a negative effect on habitat.

kousa dogwood ¹
Cornus kousa

hostas ²
Hosta

Canadian wild ginger ³
Asarum canadense

ostrich fern ⁴
Matteuccia struthiopteris

white oak ⁵
Quercus alba

American beech ⁶
Fagus grandifolia

spruces ⁷
Picea

eastern white pine ⁸
Pinus strobus

sweet birch ⁵
Betula lenta

northern spicebush ⁹
Lindera benzoin

sassafras ¹⁰
Sassafras albidum

Indian strawberry ¹¹
Potentilla indica

wineberry ¹²
Rubus phoenicolasius

American blackberry ¹³
Rubus allegheniensis

American black elderberry ¹⁴
Sambucus canadensis

violets ¹⁵
Viola

stinging nettle ¹⁶
Urtica dioica

hostas ¹⁷
Hosta

garlic mustard ¹⁸
Alliaria petiolata

Goutweed ¹⁹
Aegopodium podagraria

orange day-lily ²⁰
Hemerocallis fulva

American pokeweed ²¹
Phytolacca americana

Japanese knotweed ²²
Fallopia japonica

common jewelweed ²³
Impatiens capensis

pale jewelweed ²⁴
Impatiens pallida

American Plantain ²⁵
Plantago rugelii

mulleins ²⁶
Verbascum

hemp dogbane ²⁷
Apocynum cannabinum

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Edible, Useful and Medicinal Plants of the Philadelphia Area- Briar Bush Nature Center

kousa dogwood 1 Cornus kousa

hostas 2 Hosta

Canadian wild ginger 3 Asarum canadense

ostrich fern 4 Matteuccia struthiopteris

white oak 5 Quercus alba

American beech 6 Fagus grandifolia

spruces 7 Picea

eastern white pine 8 Pinus strobus

sweet birch 5 Betula lenta

northern spicebush 9 Lindera benzoin

sassafras 10 Sassafras albidum

Indian strawberry 11 Potentilla indica

wineberry 12 Rubus phoenicolasius

American blackberry 13 Rubus allegheniensis

American black elderberry 14 Sambucus canadensis

violets 15 Viola

stinging nettle 16 Urtica dioica

hostas 17 Hosta

garlic mustard 18 Alliaria petiolata

Goutweed 19 Aegopodium podagraria

orange day-lily 20 Hemerocallis fulva

American pokeweed 21 Phytolacca americana

Japanese knotweed 22 Fallopia japonica

common jewelweed 23 Impatiens capensis

pale jewelweed 24 Impatiens pallida

American Plantain 25 Plantago rugelii

mulleins 26 Verbascum

hemp dogbane 27 Apocynum cannabinum