Finding Local Plants

In addition to checking out field guides such as the ones listed in this post, you may want to consider adding these foraging groups in your Facebook feed. (I have an account just for groups, businesses, and organizations -- no people-drama cluttering up the good stuff, lol.)

I like these groups because of the clarity of photos. Look around for more groups in your area as well.

Foraging Wild Edible Plants and Medicinal Herbs
https://www.facebook.com/ForagingWil...edicinalHerbs/

Foraging & Feasting
https://www.facebook.com/ForagingFeasting/

Merriwether's Foraging Texas
https://www.facebook.com/ForagingTexas/

(I know. Texas, but many of their plants are found all over the country.)

I don't remember if I posted this info on a thread you may have already seen, but just in case I haven't...

These are my most trusted "bibles" for foraging for food and medicine. Bought earlier editions years ago at a bookstore. Got the latest editions from Amazon.com.

Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition (Peterson Field Guides) 3rd Edition

by Steven Foster and James A. Duke

The best-selling field guides of all time

Medicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for prescription drugs. Steven Foster and James A. Duke have used recent advances in the study of medicinal plants and their combined experience of over 100 years to completely update the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. The clear and concise text identifies the key traits, habitats, uses, and warnings for more than 530 of the most significant medicinal plants in the eastern and central United States and Canada including both native and alien species. Seven hundred plus images, the organization-by-color system, and simplified warnings make identifying medicinal plants fast and easy.
Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute

Edible Wild Plants: Eastern/Central North America (Peterson Field Guides) Paperback – September 1, 1999

by Lee Allen Peterson and Roger Tory Peterson

More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous lookalikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for many different food uses.

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Finding Local Plants