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plants foraging guide Edible plants by common name

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A

Alexanders
(Smyrnium olusatrum)
common, edible

B

Beech
(Fagus sylvatica)
very common, edible
Borage
(Borago officinalis)
common, edible
Broad-leaved Plantain
(Plantago major)
very common, edible poor
Brooklime
(Veronica beccabunga)
common, edible poor
Burdock
(Arctium minus)
very common, edible

C

Chickweed
(Stellaria media)
very common, edible
Common Comfrey
(Symphytum officinale)
common, edible
Common Lime
(Tilia europaea)
common, edible
Common Mallow
(Malva sylvestris)
very common, edible
Common Sorrel
(Rumex acetosa)
very common, edible good
Cow Parsley
(Anthriscus sylvestris)
very common, edible

D

Dandelion
(Taraxacum Officinale)
very common, edible

E

F

Fat Hen
(Chenopodium album)
very common, edible
Fennel
(Foeniculum vulgare)
common, edible good

G

Garlic Mustard
(Alliaria petiolata)
very common, edible
Goutweed
(Aegopodium podagraria)
very common, edible good
Greater Plantain
(Plantago major)
very common, edible poor
Ground Elder
(Aegopodium podagraria)
very common, edible good

H

Hedge Garlic
(Alliaria petiolata)
very common, edible
Hogweed
(Heracleum sphondylium)
very common, edible good
Horseradish
(Armoracia rusticana)
common, edible good

I

J

Jack-by-the-Hedge
(Alliaria petiolata)
very common, edible

K

L

M

Marsh Samphire
(Salicornia europaea)
frequent, edible good
Meadowsweet
(Filipendula ulmaria)
common, edible
Meadwort
(Filipendula ulmaria)
common, edible

N

O

P

Q

R

Ramsons
(Allium ursinum)
common, edible good
Rats-Tails
(Plantago major)
very common, edible poor
Red Dead-nettle
(Lamium purpureum)
common, edible
Rock Samphire
(Crithmum maritimum)
frequent, edible

S

Sea Beet
(Beta vulgaris)
common, edible good
Stinging Nettle
(Urtica dioica)
very common, edible good

T

U

V

W

Watercress
(Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)
frequent, edible excellent
White Dead-nettle
(Lamium album)
very common, edible
Wild Garlic
(Allium ursinum)
common, edible good
Wild Spinach
(Beta vulgaris)
common, edible good
Winter Cress
(Barbarea Vulgaris)
common, edible
Wood Sorrel
(Oxalis acetosella)
common, edible good

X

Y

Yellow Archangel
(Lamiastrum galeobdolon)
common, edible
Yellow Dead-nettle
(Lamiastrum galeobdolon)
common, edible

Z