Bluebuck56,I know you can also find wild onion and I think wild garlic.Theres a lot of good lookin recipes in it too.
I have a book titled A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona, published by The Globe Pedquot Press. Don't know if something similar is available for your region, but this is an excellent reference, with color photographs of each plant, along with a description that includes any uses the plant may have. For example, it tells me that Native Americans steam and eat the flower buds of the Buckhorn Cholla; and that pioneers ate the roots of the Yampah, which taste like carrots and can be ground into flour; and that while the seeds, bark, and root of the Thorny Locust shrub are poisonous to humans, the flowers were eaten raw by Native Americans; and that the fruit of the Switch Sorrel can be used as a substitute for hops; and that the poisonous Soapberry can be used to make, you guessed it, soap.i was planning some trekking this fall and i was looking for something that the good lord provided to season my supper with. Ya know, something native and something i could find anywhere.
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