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Field Guide To Edible and Medicinal Plants of Eastern North America

A guide to identifying the wild edible and medicinal plants found in Eastern North America (Southern Ontario and the United States).

These plants are mainly founded in the Carolinian forest ecosystem, wetlands and grasslands throughout eastern North America.

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common chickweed 1
Stellaria media
burdocks 2
Arctium
common mugwort 3
Artemisia vulgaris
common dandelion 4
Taraxacum officinale
Japanese knotweed 5
Fallopia japonica
Jerusalem artichoke 6
Helianthus tuberosus
plantain 7
Plantago
spring beauties 8
Claytonia
clovers 9
Trifolium
henbit deadnettle 10
Lamium amplexicaule
wood-sorrel 11
Oxalis acetosella
wild garlic 12
Allium vineale
chicory 13
Cichorium intybus
penny cress 14
Thlaspi
Canada wild lettuce 15
Lactuca canadensis
Solomon's seal 16
Polygonatum biflorum
garlic mustard 17
Alliaria petiolata
daylilies
Hemerocallis
ostrich fern 18
Matteuccia struthiopteris
violets 19
Viola
bittercresses 20
Cardamine
bulrushes and cattails 21
Typha
fireweed 22
Chamaenerion angustifolium
American black elderberry 23
Sambucus canadensis
common sunflower 24
Helianthus annuus
shepherd's-purse 25
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Sheep's sorrel 26
Rumex acetosella
common yarrow 27
Achillea millefolium

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