Edible Plants | Useful Plants

Why learn about edible plants, and useful plants? Wouldn't it be nice, when you lose a tarp string, to know how to quickly find a plant that will provide a replacement? Of course, knowing the edible plants in the area could let you cut your pack weight too. I eat wild berries, greens and wild onions along the trail all the time, allowing me to carry less food.

This isn't necessarily the highlight of your trip, though. The point of learning about useful plants is to be safer and more at home in the wilderness. You'll also enjoy your backpacking more when you know that you won't be completely helpless the moment you lose your backpack, or a bear empties it for you.

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Below you'll find links to the individual edible plants and useful plants. The information is primarily from the U.S. Army Survival Manual, with notes on my own experience added. There is a photo for each plant listed here, which may slow the loading time of the pages slightly, so give it a few seconds.

The Edible Plant Pages

Blackberry and Raspberry

Blueberry and Huckleberry

Burdock