Tag Archives: Thorns/Thistles

Burdock

By Wild Edible | Published: October 5, 2009
The Burdock is thistle plant native to the Old World, although several species have been widely introduced in temperate climates worldwide. It is often found in disturbed habitats, roadsides, vacant lots, and fields. It is a major wild food source and has long-stalked wedge-shaped, wavy edged, toothless leaves that looks much like Rhubarb. Burdock leaves [...]
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Blackberries

By Wild Edible | Published: September 26, 2009
Blackberries are a widespread, and well-known group of several hundred species, found native throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and South America. Vigorous and growing rapidly in woods, scrub, hillsides and hedgerows, blackberry shrubs tolerate poor soils, readily colonizing wasteland, ditches and vacant lots. It has tall, thorny, arching cane up to 9 feet tall, with [...]
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