Canadian Shelter Trees You Can Eat

W̶h̶a̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶r̶e̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶y̶a̶r̶d̶?̶ ̶A̶ ̶t̶r̶e̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶t̶u̶m̶m̶y̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶h̶a̶p̶s̶?̶
Do you ever look at tree rows hungrily, wishing you could actually eat them? I know I do. So often people people plant trees that look nice, but don't net you much food value. And sometimes options for edible trees can seem a bit more limited here in more Northern latitudes, but there are still options. While some of these may have pretty unappetizing names (chokecherry, hackberry, buartnut), all of them make pretty good food. Juices, jams, snacks, raisins, etc. Even a flour substitute.
Plants in this video:
Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Other names: bitter-berry, Virginia bird cherry, capulín (Spanish), cerezo de Virginia (Spanish)
Pincherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Other names: fire cherry, bird cherry*
*Bird cherry also refers to many other types of cherries, including a group (Prunus subgenus Padus) that includes the chokecherry.
American Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Family: Cannabaceae (Hemp family)*
Other names: northern hackberry, nettletree, beaverwood, sugarberry
*Sometimes previously included in Ulmaceae (Elm family)
Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
Family: Juglandaceae (Walnut family)
Other names: white walnut
Buartnut (Juglans x bixbyi)
Hybrid between Butternut (Juglans cinerea) and Japanese Walnut (Juglans ailantifolia)
Family: Juglandaceae (Walnut family)
Butterbuart (Hybrid between Butternut and Buartnut)
Other names: I hope so
Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
Family: Pinaceae (Pine family)
Other names: shore pine, contorta pine, twisted pine
Credits:
Host: Sam
Writing: Sam
Editing: Sam
Camera: Sam
Title Music: 'The Cascades' by Scott Joplin, played by Sam
Title Camera: Julia Goertzen and Sam
Title Graphic: Julia Goertzen
Thumbnail: Sam
Images:
Pemmican: Jen Arrr, CC-BY 2.0
Butternut-Dyed Wool: Gage Hill Crafts, www.gagehillcrafts.com
Buartnuts: Grimo Nut Nursery, www.grimonut.com
Heartnut: Red Fern Farm, www.redfernfarm.com
Butternut Canker Dieback: Charlie Hohn, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Butternut Canker Closeup: Quinten Wiegersma, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Japanese Walnuts: Murray Dawson, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Hackberry Bark #1: Andrey Zharkikh, flickr.com, CC-BY 2.0
Hackberry Bark #2: aarongunnar, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Hackberry Bark #3: Andrea Wallace, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Red Hackberry Fruit: Andrey Zharkikh, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Hackberry Fruit Closeup: Bill Keim, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Unripe Hackberry: johnyochum, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Winter Hackberry Fruit: Marilynn Miller, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Orange Hackebrry Fruit: Sandy Wolkenburg, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Celtis australis: Eleftherios Katsillis, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Split Sugarberry: Annika Lindqvist, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Hackberry Leaves: Bonnie Semmling, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Dormant Hackberry: Paul Roots, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Hackberry Trunk: Varvel , iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Bird Cherry #1: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, flickr.com, CC-BY 2.0
Bird Cherry #2: S. Rae, flickr.com, CC-BY 2.0
Sugarberry: Royce Milam, flickr.com, CC-BY 2.0
Pincherry Leaves: David McCorquodale, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Pincherry Flowers: Peter Waycik, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Pincherry Fruit: Sajith Sasidharan, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Burnt Lodgepoles: Gabriella Byers, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Lodgepole Shots:
hydrocycler, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
gdurkee, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Balcar, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Henrik Kibak, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Lodgepole Cones:
Jon Sullivan, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Alison Northup, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Ryan Durand, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
lindsey09, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
mfeaver, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Northcut, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Black Knot:
Bill Keim, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Mary Krieger, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Zach Dempsey, iNaturalist.com, CC-BY 4.0
Sponsored by: Stanley Soil Management Association
Special thanks to Richard Warkentin

[@Pho7on]

Amazing video as usual. I feel very privileged to have found this channel and I am very grateful for your content.

[@AmblingwithSam]

Hey, a late response here, but thanks! I did see your comment when you left it, and it was comments like these that helped me keep going with making these videos through some of the more discouraging patches at the time.

[@padego58]

Love your channel, out on the west coast we get huckleberries and salmonberries, great spring and summer treats.

[@AmblingwithSam]

Thanks! I'd love to visit the west coast someday, and salmonberries are on my list of fruits to try. Hard to go wrong with those Rubus fruits.

[@TreeTimeDotCa]

Check out Manchurian Walnut too! And don't forget to make Manitoba Maple Syrup. It's a staff favourite around our way.

[@AmblingwithSam]

Oh, that looks like a good candidate for growing nuts over here too, thanks!
Yeah, I've made syrup a couple times from Manitoba maples. Turned out quite well! I actually have a video in the works about the process.