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

Canadian wild ginger ²
Asarum canadense

white oak ³
Quercus alba

American beech ⁴
Fagus grandifolia

sweet birch ³
Betula lenta

northern spicebush ⁵
Lindera benzoin

sassafras ⁶
Sassafras albidum

Indian strawberry ⁷
Potentilla indica

wineberry ⁸
Rubus phoenicolasius

American blackberry ⁹
Rubus allegheniensis

American black elderberry ¹⁰
Sambucus canadensis

violets ¹¹
Viola

stinging nettle ¹²
Urtica dioica

garlic mustard ¹³
Alliaria petiolata

Goutweed ¹⁴
Aegopodium podagraria

American pokeweed ¹⁵
Phytolacca americana

Japanese knotweed ¹⁶
Fallopia japonica

common jewelweed ¹⁷
Impatiens capensis

pale jewelweed ¹⁸
Impatiens pallida

American Plantain ¹⁹
Plantago rugelii

mulleins ²⁰
Verbascum

hemp dogbane ²¹
Apocynum cannabinum

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

kousa dogwood 1 Cornus kousa

Canadian wild ginger 2 Asarum canadense

white oak 3 Quercus alba

American beech 4 Fagus grandifolia

sweet birch 3 Betula lenta

northern spicebush 5 Lindera benzoin

sassafras 6 Sassafras albidum

Indian strawberry 7 Potentilla indica

wineberry 8 Rubus phoenicolasius

American blackberry 9 Rubus allegheniensis

American black elderberry 10 Sambucus canadensis

violets 11 Viola

stinging nettle 12 Urtica dioica

garlic mustard 13 Alliaria petiolata

Goutweed 14 Aegopodium podagraria

American pokeweed 15 Phytolacca americana

Japanese knotweed 16 Fallopia japonica

common jewelweed 17 Impatiens capensis

pale jewelweed 18 Impatiens pallida

American Plantain 19 Plantago rugelii

mulleins 20 Verbascum

hemp dogbane 21 Apocynum cannabinum