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WILD FRUIT
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Fruit Harvest Calendar
WILD FRUIT – PLANTS
INDIAN STRAWBERRY – leafs and berries mild tasting
WILD STRAWBERRY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_strawberry
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/
Strawberry.html
http://www.eattheweeds.com/potentilla-indicamistaken-identity-2/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragaria
Barren Strawberry: fuzzy plant, not vine,
yellow flower, no berry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barren_strawberry
GROUND CHERRY / CHINESE LANTERN / WILD TOMATO
BLACK NIGHTSHADE (nightshade family) ripe berries, cook leafs
(nightshade family)
http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinNam
e=Physalis+philadelphica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_nigrum
http://www.rootsimple.com/2012/07/black-nightshadesolanum-nigrum-is-edible-and-delicious/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis
http://www.eattheweeds.com/american-nightshade-amuch-maligned-edible/
http://www.eattheweeds.com/physalistomatos-wild-cousin-2/
Caution: Don’t eat if they are bitter
CRANBERRY – SMALL / BOG / SWAMP
PARTRIDGE BERRY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowbush_cranberry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchella_repen
s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_oxycoccos
http://www.eattheweeds.com/partridgeberry
-split-personality/
See “High Bush Cranberry” above in
“Fruit – Shrubs & Vines”
http://www.motherearthliving.com/plantprofile/an-herb-to-know-50.aspx
http://herbalriot.tumblr.com/post/58054201683/herb-of-the-daypartridgeberry-squaw-vine
CREEPING SNOWBERRY / MOXIE PLUM
http://www.wildfoodshomegarden.com/Snowberr
y.html
WINTER GREEN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaultheria_procumb
ens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaultheria_hispidula
http://www.eattheweeds.com/teaberry-shuffle-2/
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-theweek/gaultheria_hispidula.shtml
Do not confuse with Common Snowberry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphoricarpos_albus
MAYAPPLE CAUTION: Do not eat the fruit until it is ripe.
http://www.eattheweeds.com/podophyllum-peltatumforgotten-fruit-2/
PRICKLY PEAR / INDIAN FIG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia
http://wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/food/edibleplants/
mayapple/index.html
https://thefamilyherbalist.wordpress.com/2009
/11/15/prickly-pear-cactus/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podophyllum
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.ph
p?f=7&t=11810
CAUTION: Do not eat the fruit until it is ripe.
POKEBERRY – Caution: I’ve never tried pokeberry
wine or jam, but read that berries must be cooked, &
I would remove seeds at end of process, although
not always recommended in cooking recipes.
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Phytola
cca+americana
http://www.susunweed.com/herbal_ezine/May08/wisewo
man.htm
FALSE SOLOMON’S SEAL / FALSE SPIKENARD Smilacina racemose fruit
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Smila
cina+racemosa
http://firstways.com/2013/09/24/false-solomons-sealworth-eating/
http://ozarkedgewildflowers.com/springwildflowers/false-solomons-seal-maianthemum-racemosum/
<<Toxic look-alike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veratrum
WILD FRUIT – VINES
PORCELINE BERRY – related to grape, tastes funny to me, wouldn’t
recommend
GRAPE
http://www.eattheweeds.com/vitis-wildgrapes-2/
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=
Ampelopsis+brevipedunculata
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitis_riparia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitis_labrusca
https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/vitis/riparia/?pile=woodyangiosperms
http://www.suburbanforagers.com/2012/09/19/por
celain-berries-too-pretty-to-eat/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelopsis_brevipedunculata
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/porcelain-berries-edible-98356.html
GREENBRIER / SMILAX – edible shoots, tips, & berries, cook roots. used
to make sarsaparilla, many varieties,
SEE >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilax The
roots may also be used in soups or
stews. The young shoots can be eaten
raw or cooked and are said to taste like asparagus, and
the berries can be eaten both raw and cooked.
http://www.eattheweeds.com/smilax-a-brier-and-that%E2%80%99s-nobull/
HARDY KIWI – sap, fruit grows lushly on a vine
CARRION / SMILAX – no thorns as with Greenbrier, edible shoots, tips, &
berries. Cook roots. Used to make root beer, sarsaparilla
http://www.survivallandusa.com/SmilaxHerbacea-Carrion-Flower-Edible.html
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinNa
me=Smilax+herbacea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilax_herbacea
MAYPOP / PURPLE PASSIONFLOWER
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinidia_arguta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_incarnata
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Actinidi
a+arguta
http://tcpermaculture.blogspot.com/2012/03/permacultureplants-maypop.html
http://www.eattheweeds.com/maypops-food-funmedicine-2/
HONEYSUCKLE, MOUNTAIN FLY
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lonicera+
villosa
http://www.eattheweeds.com/honeysuckle-heaven-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeysuckle
https://1left.wordpress.com/tag/lonicera-villosa/
BRAMBLES / Rubus Species >>>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus
BLACK RASPBERRY – related to raspberry
RASPBERRY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_occidentalis
http://www.eattheweeds.com/rubus-ideausdelicate-raspberry-2/
DEWBERRY – related to blackberry
BLACKBERRY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewberry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackberry
http://www.eattheweeds.com/have-dewberrywill-travel/
http://www.eattheweeds.com/blackberries-aforagers-companion/
WINEBERRY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_phoenicolasius
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Wi
neberry.html
WILD FRUIT – BUSHES
BLUEBERRY – HIGH BUSH
BLUEBERRY – LOW BUSH
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_corymbosu
m
BARBERRY – AMERICAN, ALLEGHENY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berberis_canad
ensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_angustifoliu
m
BARBERRY - EUROPEAN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berberis_vulgaris
CHOKEBERRY – RED / ARONIA
CHOKEBERRY-BLACK / ARONIA
http://ouroneacrefarm.com/foraging-aroniaberries/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aronia
http://www.eattheweeds.com/chokeberry-bushy-healthfood/
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_pla
nt=PHPY4
CRANBERRY– HIGH BUSH
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Vib
urnum+trilobum
http://www.wildflowers-andweeds.com/The_Forager/highbush_cranberry.htm
http://www.eattheweeds.com/high-bush-cranberry/
http://www.eattheweeds.com/get-your-annualvaccinium-every-year-2/
AUTUMN BERRY / AUTUMN OLIVE
SILVER BERRY / RUSSIAN OLIVE – fruit more oblong, leaf more silvery
http://foragersharvest.com/autumnberry-autumnolive/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaeagnus_angusti
folia
http://www.psa-rising.com/eatingwell/wildfoods/autumnolive.htm
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName
=Elaeagnus+angustifolia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaeagnus_umbellat
SILVER THORN http://www.eattheweeds.com/edibleelaeagnus-2/
a
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Elaeagnus+umbellata
PLUM - BEACH
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_maritima
PLUM – WILD, AMERICAN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_americana
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=
Prunus+americana
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinNam
e=Prunus+maritima
http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_pram.pd
f
VIBURNUM – BLACK HAW
VIBURNUM – NANNYBERRY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viburnum_pruni
folium (safety issues)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viburnum
_lentago
http://unsw.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=
Viburnum+prunifolium
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?L
atinName=Viburnum+lentago
http://the-natural-web.org/tag/viburnumprunifolium/
http://joshfecteau.com/foraging-wildfruit-nannyberry/
http://www.eattheweeds.com/valuable-viburnums/
GOOSEBERRY
CURRANT
http://www.eatcology.com/lambs-quartersand-gooseberries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooseberry
http://www.wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/fo
od/edibleplants/gooseberry/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes_triste
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/175
142/
ROSA ROGUSA – big rose hips, size of cherry tomatoes
ROSE HIP - ALSO SEE >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_rugosa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Rose
http://www.eattheweeds.com/roses/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_virginiana
– native to U.S.
http://www.scienceu.com/library/articles/flow
ers/rose_hips.html
ELDERBERRY
STAGHORN SUMAC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambucus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhus_typhina
http://www.eattheweeds.com/elderberries-redwhite-and-blue/
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/
Elderberry.html
HUCKLEBERRY
BEAUTYBERRY
http://www.wineforest.com/pages/description/huckleb
erriesd.html
http://www.eattheweeds.com/beautyberry-jelly-ona-roll/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huckleberry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callicarpa
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/wildlife/ntvplts/hcklber.
htm
SPICE BUSH
http://www.alexcityoutlook.com/2011/09/30/beautyberry-poisonous-ornext-kitchen-staple/
LEMON - CHINESE BITTER ORANGE / TRIFOLIATE ORANGE
http://www.eattheweeds.com/hardy-orange/
http://the3foragers.blogspot.com/2012/03/sp
icebush-identified.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifoliate_orange
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Fol
der/Spicebush.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindera_benzoin
YEW BERRY – Caution: Must remove toxic seed before eating fruit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxus_baccata
http://www.eattheweeds.com/yew/
http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Ta
xus+baccata
WILD FRUIT – TREES
WILD APPLE - SEE >
CRAB APPLE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malus_sieversii
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malus
http://www.eattheweeds.com/apples-wildcrabapples/
MULBERRY – Red & Black, native / White, Asian import for silk
trade
PAPER MULBERRY
http://www.eattheweeds.com/broussonetiapapyrifera-paper-chase-2/
http://www.eattheweeds.com/mulberry-glucosecontrolling-hallucinogen-2/
PAWPAW
PERSIMMON
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba
http://www.eattheweeds.com/persimmonspure-pucker-power-2/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmon
JUNEBERRY / SERVICEBERRY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelanchier (many varieties)
http://www.eattheweeds.com/amela
nchier-arborea-busting-out-all-over2/
JUNEBERRY – RED
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plant
s.Folder/Juneberries.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelanc
hier
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Juneberries.html
CALLERY PEAR – native of Bradford / fruit edible when brown
KOUSA DOGWOOD
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/
http://www.eattheweeds.com/cornuskousa-a-dog-gone-good-dogwood-2/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrus_calleryana
http://practical-parsimony.blogspot.com/2011/04/eating-bradfordpears.html
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/bradford.asp
APRICOT (escaped cultivation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_armeniaca
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=
Prunus+armeniaca
AMERICAN HACKBERRY
PEACH & NECTARINE (escaped cultivation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach
http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Pru
nus+persica
ROWAN – AMERICAN ASH
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbus_am
ericana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtis_occiden
talis
http://www.eattheweeds.com/mountainash-rowan/
http://www.eattheweeds.com/sugarberrie
s-hackberries-with-a-southern-accent-2/
HAWTHORN - 4 major types
QUINCE - Cydonia oblonga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crataegus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince
http://www.eattheweeds.com/thecrataegus-clan-food-poison-2/
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?Lati
nName=Cydonia+oblonga
http://www.pfaf.org/user/cmspage.aspx?pa
geid=59
http://eattheplanet.org/hawthorn-an-ornamental-tree-with-ediblefruit
JUNIPER BERRY – actually a cone, not a real berry
MEDLAR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus_germa
nica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniper_berr
y
WILD CHERRY TREES
http://uptreeid.com/Species/cherries.htm
PIN CHERRY
BLACK / RUM CHERRY – leaves are more narrow than choke
cherry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_pensyl
vanica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_serotina
http://www.eattheweeds.com/black-cherrychokecherry%E2%80%99s-better-cousin/
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Bl
ackCherry.html
CHOKE CHERRY
CORNELIAN CHERRY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_virginia
na
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_
mas
http://blog.emergencyoutdoors.com/ediblewild-plants-chokeberry-prunus-virginiana/
http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?
LatinName=Cornus+mas
http://www.motherearthnews.com/re
al-food/cornelian-cherries.aspx