The 6th Video Field Guide to Wild Edibles and Medicinal Plants

This is the 6th video field guide to wild edibles and medicinal plants. In this guide we will cover the identification of 7 plants. Some of them are edible, some are medicinal, and one is poisonous. This guide is meant to be comprehensive in plant identification for the plants covered. We will cover plants like; Canada Goldenrod, Echinacea, Poison Ivy, Shepherd's Purse, Yellow Sweet Clover, Common Burdock, And Woodland Sunflower. During each segment we will lightly discuss the uses of most of these plants.
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[@delladarling7059]

I retired at the age of 78 and have decided to study herbs and I find your videos most informative and helpful. Thank you for sharing.

[@sarahwilson3804]

100% he get knowledge I’m grateful for and enjoying to learn

[@kathyhirsch379]

😊 me to

[@r05ejan8]

What a detailed guide! Thank you very much!

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

You're very welcome!

[@ennidbermudez8664]

Great descriptions! Gets right to the point! No fluff! Thank you!!

[@skylovecraft2491]

Please continue to make these videos! Everyone should learn foraging now because we are living in such crazy times.

[@GermanShepherdDaphne]

So true

[@itbarthur4u]

Excellent instruction. I like the way you include both common and technical terms.

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Thank you I'm glad you like it!

[@chrystaleentacata2129]

please continue posting video of yours i appreciate it,im learning a lot thank you thank you so much🙏🙏🙏

[@dawnmorning]

So glad to see you doing videos again. Would like you to come here and do video. Thanks.

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

That depends upon where you live. Are you in Central Indiana?

[@dawnmorning]

@@TrilliumWildEdibles castle of green.... lol. We talked b4.

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Lol, my bad! I know you're active on the channel but It gets hard to remember where everybody lives. But yeah it's coming back to me now. We could try to plan something for the next month or so. Shoot me an email if you want to discuss it further.

[@dawnmorning]

@@TrilliumWildEdibles will do. Must be hard being so famous. Cheers

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Not famous per se, just too much rattling around upstairs, lol!

[@robertevans8126]

sharing

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Thank you for sharing!

[@robertevans8126]

@@TrilliumWildEdibles Thanks for posting this :)

[@harrietpeabody2118]

Thank you!

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

You're welcome!

[@raincatcherbarbie8401]

Thanks Josh luv ur videos!!❤

[@carolpastorino8208]

Poison Ivy changes color depending on the season. Autumn it changes to red

[@whysprs]

I love the smell of sweet clover.. but last year, it smelled more like bleech instead of the cinnamon and vanilla smell

[@BibleBeliever-hv8du]

Hey guys I'm living in Ontario Canada. I'm looking to move to the country near kawartha lakes. Wild edible book recommendations?

[@yongmeiGao]

20:00

[@miles_quartz]

thank you for sharing this useful information :) i wish foraging was taught everywhere!

[@ginad3655]

I really enjoy your videos! You give such detailed and interesting information... I learn something new each time. Thank you. Look forward to more of your videos.

[@lookoutmountaingarockhunte1300]

Me to

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Thank you!

[@GermanShepherdDaphne]

I’ve noticed most medicinal plants have alternating leaves

[@GermanShepherdDaphne]

Tioga countyNy. I have flat hEad goldenrod and Canadian golden rod. I believe I found a third while looking my plant identification app. My dog had a allergy test and she’s allergic to it unfortunately. Sucks

[@kleineroteHex]

Thank you, very nice! Most of these plants grow in and around my garden! D ug up a burdock that was growing in one of my bins and yeah I got 3 feet of root! I think I'm going to grow them in bins!!!

[@gomezaddams6470]

Very cool!

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Wow, that's great to hear! Burdock root is awesome to have on hand. Always nice seeing you in the comments!

[@kathyhirsch379]

If you grow them in bins how do you expect to have medicinal the point is to let them go wild to get all the benefits it can Give

[@kleineroteHex]

@@kathyhirsch379 I kow that, it just selfseeded in one of my bins, and was sooooo easy to harvest, compared to all my others. I am barely able to get 10 inches on the ones in the ground. Besides, still get the beneficial fiber .

[@333Jessica]

Thank you! Really enjoyed this video.

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[@johnlombardo7816]

Missed the heck out of your videos bro! Hope all is well !!

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

All is well, thank you! Should be putting out videos more regularly again so stay tuned!

[@johnlombardo7816]

@@TrilliumWildEdibles glad to hear on both fronts. I've learned so much and use so much of your knowledge. Excited to get back out there!!

[@Shaden0040]

You said that the shhepherd's purse flower has four petals, does that mean it is in the mustard family? I often find it growing along side of garlic ustard plants. The seed pods of the shepherd's purse are edible but when should they be harvested for use? While they are still green or after they turn brown?

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Yes it is in the mustard family! I use the pods while they're green with great results. I've never used them brown so I can't comment on that.

[@melsterifficmama1808]

This is the only one I've never noticed around my place. Probably because it blooms earlier. I'm going to have to take a look around.

[@lookoutmountaingarockhunte1300]

Thank you U have the BEST Chanel on KZbin

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you like it!

[@sarahwilson3804]

Outstanding for your videos the best on KZbin thanks for teaching us!😊

[@chihuahuamomma3332]

Great video. Thank you 😊 💓

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

You're very welcome!

[@itbarthur4u]

Perfoliate- Of or relating to a sessile leaf or bract that completely clasps the stem and is apparently pierced by it.Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.

[@chrystaleentacata2129]

thank you so much for your video its very helpful and useful💖

[@geoff8982]

thanks for doing these👍🏿👍🏿

[@SparkiMcSparks]

Great video! Thank you!

[@Jaqcarrera]

I'm so grateful for these uploads, I see binge watching in my future. Thank you so much!

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

You're very welcome!

[@nicholasmart2101]

Thank you ❤

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

You're very welcome!

[@go.gators]

Awesome!!

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gomezaddams6470]

Thank you so much. I see so many forms of Dock growing, unfortunately in the state of Washington not this one. At least not so far? I've lived here a very long time. I made Planters and grew the possibly Asian kind you spoke of. In my garden as in the root. My tall skinny planters with very healthy but sandy soil so the root could take off worked wonders for all the different long root plants I had that summer. Thank you for being so detailed. I would love to find out more about the different kind of Dock's that grow here and if they are edible and what they are good for if so. We have so many. You know the kind that have almost a buckwheat seed at the top. I have heard you can make it into flour? Once again thank you for your details. Being it is 2:20 a.m. it's technically May 1st. Mayday it makes me miss my mother so much. This was the day I always took her flowers no matter how old I got. But I think I will go on the trail and take as many herbs as possible. I will hold them for 4 days or so and make sure that the city has not sprayed. Unfortunately the state has turned into one gigantic condominium. Everything else you'll get shot if you drive for half a day to get to the country. The country that's an hour away is mcmansions and they have chemical Lawns that are 100 acres? No exaggeration. I am never going to understand that ever. I think Gardens that have food and flowers should be mandatory friend in backyard. This manicuredHOA look has got to go!

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

While I very strongly agree with you about manicured lawns and HOA I want to point out something else. Common Burdock is not related to Dock species. This is a common mistake and an understandable one at that. Presumably because they both have Dock in their name. Common Burdock is an Arctium species in the Aster family. While Broad Leaf Dock and Curly Dock, (just two examples) are Rumex species in the polygonum family. The seeds of these are usable like buckwheat flour.

[@sparksessence]

what can be used for colds and flu that will also enhance the immune system?

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Echinacea and goldenseal will do that but only for a short time. It's best to keep usage below 3 weeks though to avoid the immune system from being overwhelmed which will decrease immune function. Within a couple week period it actually improves immune response. Some other options are Maitake mushroom, Turkey tail mushroom, or chagall mushroom.

[@terrychrist1383]

Awesome information ☺️ Blessings to you and your family 💕🙏🤗

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Blessings to you and yours friend!

[@NanaWilson-px9ij]

Thanks for the warning against using purple cone flower if you've got an autoimmune condition.

[@moondogdieselworks3883]

Love the video, can’t wait to see the next one.

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Thank you! Always nice seeing you in the comments!

[@nature-no4ox]

I recommend garlic bears

[@patroot2536]

We have tons of it here in Michigan

[@SG-ce7ji]

❤❤❤❤❤Thank you❤❤❤❤❤

[@AroundTheHouseWithDani]

greetings from wabash county! great content!

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Hello fellow Hoosier!

[@TreTuNhien]

Thank you!

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

You're very welcome!

[@irenetorres8073]

do you lead any foraging walks?? I heard you mention that you are in Indiana.

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

I do! You can find that information on my website. Just Google trillium wild edibles and it should be the first result.

[@irenetorres8073]

Thanks so much for the rapid response! Hope to meet you soon! Love these videos.

[@gladysmaroue9167]

Proverbs 24:13🎃

[@bellechocolate6064]

What part of the world are you in?

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Central Indiana.

[@joycebrewer4150]

My aunt tried to grow this in her lawn, the first year she hired a lawn mower to do that job. She described her planting as four plants in a row, without rabbit fence or any other boundary around them. She had to be in hospital a few days, during which the mower did her lawn. Oh, she was mad when she got home and found her burdocks mowed off flat, before they developed much root!! She thought just being in a row should have clued the mower to go around, rather than over them. I tried to remind her that a majority of people would look at those and think - undesirable weeds ( especially back then). It still took her a while to simmer down.

[@joycebrewer4150]

My new neighbor a few years back, thought the black raspberry plants at the back of my yard were poison ivy. All he knew of poison ivy was the rhyme "leaves of three, leave it be". I tried to point out that no form of poison ivy has noticeable thorns as raspberries do. He wasn't coming in close enough to see them. I, on the other hand, have had ivy rash three times, each worse than the last. The day I got the rash last time, was a very hot day. I saw the ivy, and would have sworn I did Not touch it, but may have been close enough down wind for some of the volatile irritating oils to reach me, as has happened to unfortunate souls who tried to burn the plant, only to get into the smoke, and got the rash that way.

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

If I had a nickel for everytime I've heard something like what you just described I'd have about $4. In all seriousness though that rhyme is something that does cause issues. Not only do blackberries and raspberries have 3 leaves, there are other plants too that are either edible/medicinal or completely harmless which have 3 leaves. That's why the fine details are important. Now people who burn poison ivy are on a whole other level of annoyance that I probably shouldn't describe here. It's unfortunate that someone else's carelessness can lead to problems for another person.

[@whysprs]

My mom is kinda tye same way. I grew up afraid of plants cause she always told me every plant was poison ivy.. yeah my outdoor childhood sucked lol but i soon learned what it really looked like after going to the bathroom outside and used the leaves to wipe with.. a mistake you only make once.

[@MsSheilaC]

You specifically state using first year growth burdock root. Why not the second year growth? Thank you for this video

[@TrilliumWildEdibles]

Second year roots are tougher and generally "inedible". Inedible is in quotes because it's not poisonous, but is unpalatable.

[@MsSheilaC]

@@TrilliumWildEdibles ok thank you!