Connecticut Foraging Club: Plant Archive

Page Created by Connecticut Foraging Club
Upcoming Events | Meet the Instructors | Plant Archive | Mushroom Archive
----------------

Achillea millefolium – Yarrow

Aegopodium podagraria – Ground Elder

Albizia julibrissin – Mimosa Tree

Allium vineale – Field Garlic

Amelanchier spp. – Serviceberries

Amphicarpaea bracteata – American hog-peanut

Apios americana – Groundnuts

Aralia nudicaulis – Wild sarsaparilla

Arctium lappa – Greater Burdock

Arenaria serpyllifolia – Thyme-leaved Sandwort

Aronia melanocarpa – Black Chokeberries

Barbarea vulgaris – Wintercress

Berberis thunbergii – Japanese Barberry

Betula lenta – Black Birch

Cardamine diphylla – Two-leaved Toothwort

Cardamine hirsuta – Hairy Bittercress

Carya ovata – Shagbark Hickory

Caulophyllum thalictroides – Blue Cohosh

Cichorium intybus – Common Chicory

Cicuta spp. – Water Hemlock

Claytonia virginica – Virginia Spring Beauty

Comptonia peregrina – Sweet Fern

Cornus kousa – Kousa Dogwood

Corylus cornuta – Beaked Hazelnut

Crataegus spp. – Hawthorn

Daucus carota – Wild Carrot

Erechtites hieraciifolius – American burnweed

Erythronium americanum – Trout Lily

Eutrochium spp. – Joe-Pye weed

Filipendula ulmaria – Meadowsweet

Fragaria virginiana – Wild Strawberry

Galium aparine – Cleavers

Gaultheria procumbens – Teaberry

Glechoma hederacea – Ground Ivy

Hamamelis virginiana – Common Witch Hazel

Hesperis matronalis – Dames Rocket

Hibiscus syriacus – Rose of Sharon

Houstonia caerulea – Quaker Lady Bluet

Hypericum perforatum – St. John’s Wort

Impatiens capensis – Jewelweed

Juniperus virginiana – Eastern Red Cedar

Lactuca canadensis – Canada Wild Lettuce

Lamiastrum galeobdolon – Yellow Archangel

Larix laricina – Tamarack

Leonurus cardiaca – Common Motherwort

Lepidium campestre – Field Pepperwort

Leucanthemum vulgare – Oxeye Daisy

Lindera benzoin – Spicebush

Lobelia inflata – Indian tobacco

Maianthemum canadense – Canada Mayflower

Maianthemum racemosum – False Solomon’s Seal

Malus spp. – Wild Apples

Matricaria discoidea – Pineapple weed

Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot

Monotropa uniflora – Ghost Pipe

Morella pensylvanica – Northern Bayberry

Nepeta cataria – Catnip

Nyssa sylvatica – Black tupelo

Oenothera biennis – Common Evening Primrose

Opuntia humifusa – The Eastern Prickly Pear

Osmorhiza longistylis – Aniseroot

Pastinaca sativa – Wild Parsnip

Persicaria longiseta – Oriental Lady’s Thumb

Picea abies – Norway Spruce

Plantago lanceolata – Narrowleaf Plantain

Podophyllum peltatum – Mayapple

Prunella vulgaris – Self-heal

Prunus serotina – Wild Black Cherries

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium – Narrowleaf Mountain Mint

Quercus rubra – Northern Red Oak

Rhus copallinum – Winged Sumac

Rhus glabra – Smooth Sumac

Rhus typhina – Staghorn sumac

Rosa palustris – Swamp Rose

Rubus phoenicolasius – Wineberries

Rumex acetosella – Sheep’s Sorrel

Rumex obtusifolius – Broad-leaved dock

Sambucus canadensis – Elderberries

Sambucus racemosa – Red Elderberry

Sassafras albidum – Sassafras

Solidago spp. – Goldenrod

Stellaria media – Chickweed

Thlaspi arvense – Field Pennycress

Tilia americana – American Linden

Tsuga canadensis – Eastern Hemlock

Urtica dioica – Stinging Nettle

Uvularia sessilifolia – Wild Oats

Vaccinium angustifolium – Common Lowbush Blueberries

Verbascum thapsus – Common Mullein

Veronica serpyllifolia – Thyme-leaved Speedwell

Vitis aestivalis – Summer Grapes

Stellaria media – Chickweed

Chickweed (Stellaria media) is a common edible green that was brought here from Europe. Chickweed can be identified by its teardrop-shaped leaves that grow opposite

Read More »