There are millions of plants on our planet, and inevitably, species from the same family end up looking alike. Wild plants aren't pre-labeled like produce found in a grocery store, and identifying ...

Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) is an herbaceous weed native to Europe and parts of Asia, but can also be found in North America and Australia. Classified as a biennial plant (and also known as wild ...

For snacks, you could have some wild carrots dug up in the early spring or grass seeds placed in a hot, dry pan and parched until they pop. Limber pine nuts were also a go-to. Pick some mature scurf ...

Species of the carrot family (formerly named Umbelliferae, now Apiaceae) are still called umbellifers informally, referring to the structure of the flat-topped inflorescence, called an umbel. The ...

OKEMOS – Jim Jewett and his sons joined about two dozen attendees for the Edible Wild Plants Walk at the Harris Nature Center Sunday afternoon. The event aimed to help visitors separate nature's ...

David Craft is surprised by parsnips. He stops, squinting down at a spiky-leafed plant growing at the edge of the Esplanade, then plunges in for a closer inspection. Sure enough—Pastinaca sativa, wild ...

Of the 80,000 edible plant species in the world, only four — rice, corn, wheat and potato — produce 50 percent of the typical human diet. Looking to add a few more plant species to her diet, Kate Webb ...

Did you ever spot some tasty looking berries in the woods and wonder if they were edible — or, possibly, poisonous? You can learn about and take home some wild plants that are both safe and delicious ...