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.

Taxonomy
« Back To Vascular Plants Phylum Tracheophyta
- Flowering Plants Subphylum Angiospermae
  - 3 Monocots Class Liliopsida
  - 22 Dicots Class Magnoliopsida

kousa dogwood ¹
Cornus kousa

hostas ²
Hosta

Canadian wild ginger ³
Asarum canadense

white oak ⁴
Quercus alba

American beech ⁵
Fagus grandifolia

sweet birch ⁴
Betula lenta

northern spicebush ⁶
Lindera benzoin

sassafras ⁷
Sassafras albidum

Indian strawberry ⁸
Potentilla indica

wineberry ⁹
Rubus phoenicolasius

American blackberry ¹⁰
Rubus allegheniensis

American black elderberry ¹¹
Sambucus canadensis

violets ¹²
Viola

stinging nettle ¹³
Urtica dioica

hostas ¹⁴
Hosta

garlic mustard ¹⁵
Alliaria petiolata

Goutweed ¹⁶
Aegopodium podagraria

orange day-lily ¹⁷
Hemerocallis fulva

American pokeweed ¹⁸
Phytolacca americana

Japanese knotweed ¹⁹
Fallopia japonica

common jewelweed ²⁰
Impatiens capensis

pale jewelweed ²¹
Impatiens pallida

American Plantain ²²
Plantago rugelii

mulleins ²³
Verbascum

hemp dogbane ²⁴
Apocynum cannabinum

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

Photo Credits

1. (c) Σ64, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2. (c) shrnsmt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by shrnsmt
3. (c) Erik Attaway, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erik Attaway
4. (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)
5. (c) Sara Rall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sara Rall
6. (c) Lori Owenby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Lori Owenby
7. (c) Tom Potterfield, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
8. (c) CameliaTWU, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
9. (c) cflaplaca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
10. (c) agbelliveau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by agbelliveau
11. (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by sea-kangaroo
12. (c) pietro c, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
13. (c) Jacky Judas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jacky Judas
14. (c) Sue Mcgaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sue Mcgaw
15. (c) 57Andrew, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
16. (c) botanygirl, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by botanygirl
17. (c) Erika Mitchell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erika Mitchell
18. (c) Tim Gibson, some rights reserved (CC BY)
19. (c) Marie Studer, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Marie Studer
20. (c) James Gaither, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
21. (c) Jason Hollinger, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
22. (c) Susan J. Hewitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Susan J. Hewitt
23. (c) Steve Chilton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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

white oak 4 Quercus alba

American beech 5 Fagus grandifolia

sweet birch 4 Betula lenta

northern spicebush 6 Lindera benzoin

sassafras 7 Sassafras albidum

Indian strawberry 8 Potentilla indica

wineberry 9 Rubus phoenicolasius

American blackberry 10 Rubus allegheniensis

American black elderberry 11 Sambucus canadensis

violets 12 Viola

stinging nettle 13 Urtica dioica

hostas 14 Hosta

garlic mustard 15 Alliaria petiolata

Goutweed 16 Aegopodium podagraria

orange day-lily 17 Hemerocallis fulva

American pokeweed 18 Phytolacca americana

Japanese knotweed 19 Fallopia japonica

common jewelweed 20 Impatiens capensis

pale jewelweed 21 Impatiens pallida

American Plantain 22 Plantago rugelii

mulleins 23 Verbascum

hemp dogbane 24 Apocynum cannabinum