Scrumpling, foraging and knowing what to pick and where....

Urban foraging can be a practical way of supplementing your diet, and perhaps getting to know folks in your neighbourhood.

the following link to a Radio National (Australia) podcast on the subject is worth having a listen to.

Urban foraging - Off Track - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/audio/201209/OTK_20122309_scrumpling.mp3

Bear in mind that permission from property owners needs to be sought and granted before scrumpling on someone else's property.

I lived for a while in one of Adelaide's older, well established (affluent) neighbourhoods, (not that I was affluent), and each street facing often had a rear public access lane (used in days of yore when the privy was located near the back lane for ease of access by nightsoil carters). In those lanes, and in public parks and along watercourses were often to be found edible fruit and nut trees and vines and edible wild plants. Grapes, figs, apples, citrus fruits, mulberries and lilipilli could all be had in season without invoking anyone's ire.

 

Good post.

Edible & Medicinal Foraging Guide

Plants​

Acacia farnesiana​

Acer spp​

Adansonia digitata​

Aegle marmelos​

Agave species​

Alisma plantago​

Alliaria petiolata​

Allium species​

Amaranthus species​

Amelanchier alnifolia​

Anacardium occidentale​

Anaphalis Margaritacea​

Annona squamosa​

Antidesma bunius​

Arctium lappa​

Arctostaphylos uvaursi​

Arenga pinnata​

Arisaema Triphyllum​

Artocarpus incisa​

Arundinaria giganea​

Asimina triloba​

Asparagus officinalis​

Asphodelaceae​

Atriplex halimus​

Atriplex species​

Bamboo species​

Barbarea vulgaris​

Berberis vulgaris​

Brassica rapa​

Calamus species​

Callicarpa americana​

Calligonum comosum​

Caltha palustris​

Canna indica​

Capparis aphylla​

Carica papaya​

Caryota urens​

cassia obtusifolia​

Castanea sativa​

Cavanillesia platanifolia​

Celtis species​

Ceratonia siliqua​

Ceratopteris species​

Cereus species​

Cetraria islandica​

Cichorium intybus​

Cirsium discolor​

Cirsium horridulum​

Cirsium species​

Citrullus colocynthis​

Cladonia rangiferina​

Claytonia species​

Cocoloba Uvifera​

Cocos nucifera​

Colocasia species​

Conyza canadensis​

Corallorhiza​

Cordyline terminalis​

Cornus florida​

Corylus species​

Corypha elata​

Crataegus species​

Crotalaria spectabilis​

Cyatheaceae species​

Cyperus esculentus​

Daucus carota​

Dioscorea species​

Diospyros virginiana​

Duchesnea indica​

Elaeagnus umbellata​

Empetrum nigrum​

Epilobium angustifolium​

Equisetum​

Eugenia jambos​

Euphrasia officinalis​

Fagus species​

Ficus species​

Flacourtia inermis​

Fragaria species​

Frasera caroliniensis​

Haloxylon ammondendron​

Harpephyllum caffrum​

Helianthus Annuus​

helianthus tuberosus​

Hemerocallis fulva​

Ilex vomitoria​

Impatiens capensis​

Ipomoea aquatica​

Ipomoea pandurata​

Juglans species​

Juniperus species​

Kumquat​

Lactuca serriola​

Lamium amplexicaule​

Lamium purpureum​

Lobelia cardinalis​

Lomatium​

Luffa cylindrica​

Maclura pomifera​

Magnolia grandiflra L​

Malus species​

Mammilaria species​

Mangifera indica​

Manihot utillissima​

Maranta and Sagittaria species​

Matteuccia struthiopteris​

Medicago sativa​

Metroxylon sagu​

Mitchella repens​

Monarda fistulosa​

Moringa pterygosperma​

Morus rubra​

Morus species​

Musa species​

Myrica cerifera​

Nelumbo species​

Nepeta cataria​

Nipa fruticans​

Nuphar species​

Nymphaea odorata​

Oenothera laciniata​

Olea europaea​

Opuntia humifusa​

Opuntia species​

Oxalis species​

Pachyrhizus erosus​

Panax quinquefolius​

Pandanus species​

Passiflora incarnata​

Pastinaca sativa​

Pedicularis Kanei​

Phaseolus vulgaris​

Phoenix dactylifera​

Phragmites australis​

Phytolacca americana​

Pinus species​

Pistacia species​

Plantago species​

Polygonum Cuspidatum​

Populus balsamifera​

Portulaca oleracea​

Potentilla family​

Prunus amygdalus​

prunus angustifolia​

Prunus serotina​

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus​

Psoralea esculenta​

Pteridium aquilinium​

Pueraria montana​

Punica granatum​

Quercus species​

Rhus typhina​

Robinia pseudoacacia​

Rosa acicularis​

Rosa species​

Rubus aliceae​

Rubus chamaemorus​

Rubus fruticosus​

Rubus laciniatus​

Rubus occidentalis​

Rubus spectabilis​

Rudbeckia hirta L​

Rumex acerosella​

Rumex crispus​

Sabal palmetto​

Saccharum officinarum​

Salix arctica​

Salvia lyrata​

Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis​

Sassafras albidum​

Sedum Pupureum​

Serenoa Repens​

Setaria species​

Simmondsia chinensis​

Solanum triflorum​

Solidago canadensis​

Solidago odora​

sonchus arvensis​

Sorghum species​

Stachys floridana​

stellaria media​

Sterculia foetida​

Tamarindus indica​

Taraxacum officinale​

Terminalia catappa​

Thlaspi arvense​

Tradescantia virginiana​

Trapa natans​

Trifolium spp​

Typha latifolia​

Umbilicaria species​

unknown​

urtica​

Urtica dioica​

Urtica species​

Vaccinium macrocarpon​

Vaccinium species​

Valerianella radiata​

Verbascum Thapsus​

Vicia sativa​

Viola cucullata​

vitis riparia​

Vitis rotundifolia​

Vitis species​

Xanthosoma caracu​

Yucca​

Zizania aquatica​

Ziziphus jujuba​

Mushrooms​

Boletaceae​

Cantharellaceae​

Clavariaceae​

Coprinus comatus​

Grifola frondosa​

Hericium erinaceus​

Hydnum repandum​

Laetiporus sulphureus​

LYCOPERDON​

Morchella esculenta​

Pleurotus ostreatus​

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Wish there was an iphone ap where I could take a picture of a plant and have it ID it...
Like shazam but with plants.

*sigh*