Here’s a list of the 20 most common wild edible plants in North America, according to Jeannine Tidwell, from Twin Eagles Wilderness School in Idaho:
20 Wild Edible Plants
Wild Onion Allium bisceptrum (flowering)
Common Burdock Arctium minus
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed should be cooked before consuming. See how to prepare common milkweed here.
Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Lambsquarters Chenopodium album
Brambles Rubus spp.
Currants and Gooseberries Ribes spp.
Tips on foraging for wild gooseberries.
Blueberries and Cranberries Vaccinium spp.
Sheep Sorrel Rumex acetosella
Chickweed Stellaria media
Read more about chickweed here.
Red Clover Trifolium pretense
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Miner’s Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata
Common Plantain Plantago major
Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Cattail Typha latifolia
Wild Ginger Asarum caudatum
Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana
American Elderberry*Sambucus Canadensis – *Cook before eating.
Wild Rose Rosa sp.
