Plants
Information about useful and not so useful plants.
Weeds are plants that grow where they are not wanted. They compete with crops for water, light and nutrients and some may produce chemicals that inhibit the growth of other plants. This being said, some weeds are useful and can be used for culinary or medicinal purposes.
Lambs Quarters
C. berlandieri
- Edible
Ground Ivy
G. hederacea
- Medicinal
- Tea
Bird Vetch
V. cracca
- Wildlife
- Soil builder
Black Medic
M. lupulina
- Wildlife
- Soil builder
Burdock
A. lappa
- Edible
- Medicinal
- Tea
Shepherd's Purse
C. bursa-pastoris
- Edible
- Medicinal
Catnip
N. cataria
- Medicinal
- Tea
Clover
T. repens
- Edible
- Tea
- Wildlife
- Soil builder
Dandelion
T. officinale
- Edible
- Medicinal
- Tea
Dock
R. crispus
- Edible
- Medicinal
Dogwood
C. florida
- Medicinal
- Wildlife
False Dandelion
H. radicata
- Edible
Field Pennycress
T. arvense
- Soil builder
Fleabane
E. annuus
- Medicinal
- Wildlife
Horsetail
E. arvense
- Medicinal
- Tea
Motherwort
L. cardiaca
- Medicinal
- Tea
Plantain
P. major
- Edible
- Medicinal
- Tea
Raspberry
R. idaeus
- Edible
- Medicinal
- Tea
- Wildlife
St. John’s Wort
H. perforatum
- Medicinal
- Tea
Stinging Nettle
U. dioica
- Edible
- Medicinal
- Tea
Sumac
R. typhina
- Edible
- Tea
- Wildlife
Bull Thistle
C. vulgare
- Edible
Wild Carrot
D. carota
- Edible
White Trillium
T. grandiflorum
- Wildlife
Wild Strawberry
F. virginiana
- Edible
- Tea
- Wildlife
Orange Hawkweed
P. aurantiaca
- Wildlife
Yarrow
A. millefolium
- Medicinal
- Tea
- Wildlife
Wild Bergamot
M. fistulosa
- Edible
- Medicinal
- Tea
- Wildlife
Valerian
V. officinalis
- Medicinal
- Tea
Peppermint
M. × piperita
- Edible
- Medicinal
- Tea