Eating Guide
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Needlepoint IvyAlso known as Common Ivy and Hahn's Ivy, and English Ivy, Needlepoint Ivy is a flowering plant of the ivy family. You can find this plant climbing on buildings, fences, and around wooded areas. The leaves are usually a dull green with visible veins,... Click to read more.
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NettleAlso known as stinging nettle, common nettle, and nettle leaf, nettle is a herbaceous flowering plant native to temperate areas in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, is now found all over the world. Nettles can grow up to 7 feet tall in summer. The leav... Click to read more.
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NightshadesNightshades are a family of flowering plants including shrubs, vines, trees, crops, spices, and more. Some examples of nightshade plants include tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, jimsonweed, petunias, silver leaf nightshade, and peppers. Although a few p... Click to read more.
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OakOak is a tree or shrub native to the northern hemisphere however has been grown in Asia, Europe, and North Africa as well. There are over 500 different species of oak. Typically, oak leaves are spirally arranged with several lobes. Oak trees also hav... Click to read more.
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Orchard GrassOrchard grass is a bunchgrass native throughout most of Europe and parts of Asia and Africa. Orchard grass is characterized by its long, flattened stem base and typically contains two to five flower heads. It is used popularly for hay and as forage g... Click to read more.
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OxalisAlso known as wood sorrels, oxalis is a genus of flowering plants that can be found throughout most of the world. The leaves look similar to shamrocks or clovers except larger, and the flowers are deeply veined, ranging in various colors from white t... Click to read more.
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PeyotePeyote is a small, spineless cactus native to Mexico and southern Texas. It's known for its psychoactive properties containing mescaline and is used for medicinal, ritualistic, and cultural reasons. They are circular in shape and often grow in cluste... Click to read more.
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PlantainHas the shape of a banana but has a pale green or reddish brown exterior. The interior has a starchy taste... Click to read more.
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Plumosa FernThe plumosa fern, also known as asparagus fern, is a perennial herb with green stems with leaves. in the spring you see small flowers from the stem of the plant. In the summer you will see berries that will change from green to black as it turns to w... Click to read more.
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Poison HemlockPoison Hemlock is an extremely poisonous herbaceous flowering plant with a green or green and red hollow stem, finely divided triangular leaves, and clusters of very small white flowers that branch outward from the from the center.... Click to read more.
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Poison IvyPoison ivy is well known for its ability to give skin irritation, swelling, and itching due to the urushiol in its sap. Despite its name, poison ivy is actually not true ivy but a member of the cashew family. The plant is variable in looks but will a... Click to read more.
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Poison OakToxicodendron diversilobum (western poison oak) can be found throughout the west coast, mostly in California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. Toxicodendron pubescens (eastern poison oak) can be found in the south east from Virginia to Texas. Poison o... Click to read more.