How To Identify Wild Edibles & Medicinal Plants - Toxic Look A Likes (HD)
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- The full season of wild edibles and medicinal plant identification and toxic look a likes. This video covers many common and not so common edible and medicinal plants, mushrooms, and their identification. We even go into some uses and cover some poisonous plants to avoid while foraging.
Almost all of these occur within most of the United States, and some elsewhere in the world so no matter where you are there is something for you in this video. Some plants included are Boneset, Spicebush, Lobelia Inflata, Oyster Mushroom, and the Cattail vs. the Iris.
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Thank you for your patience: the close ups and the detailed descriptions and sharing ways to honour and apply these edibles is appreciated!
Thanks for the video. Its great for identification & I appreciate you putting this together. Much, much better than trying to learn from just pictures in a book.
You're very welcome Branden! I'm glad to hear that you are learning from it. Part of the reason I do these videos is because I didn't have them when I first started and books can be tedious at times. Thanks for commenting!
I'm told by another source that the "crystals" are actually calcium. Cultivated spinach does have 4× the absorbable calcium than milk cup for cup. Wild edibles ARE more nutritious and mineral rich.
Thank for educating us. This should be taught in our schools very valuable knowledge .
As you were going over lamb's quarters, I'm here on the other side of the screen saying, "But what about nightshade?" And then boom, "waxy crystals." Thank you! Really been enjoying your channel!
Thank you for teaching my grandson and I what we really do and do not have on our land . You are very good especially for my 7 yr old grandson your explanation he can relate to . What a Blessing.
Great vid, love how you focus on plant ID. Seen too many vids going on about cooking, history, parts edible, etc.. Because people are to lazy to do further research. I appreciate you focusing on ID so I can further research them. Thanks for sharing.
HOLY CRAP!!! 10,000 VIEWS!!! You guys rock! Can we get it to 20,000????
i actually thought i was unsubscribed from your channel because i don't recall getting any vids from you in the past few months .. rotten eww tube has been unsubscribing me from many of my channels ... it's weird they keep sending me vids from the same few channels and excluding many others .
Glad i found your channel again .
I'm glad to see you again, I been wondering why I didn't see you here.
CZcams has this weird problem with unsubscribing people from channels. From my knowledge it works like this: CZcams decides that a viewer isn't watching enough videos from one channel so therefore that viewer no longer sees videos. It's beyond frustrating for creators and viewers alike because there seems to be no rhyme or reason for it. Lastly, CZcams is working on changing priority from subscribed channels to similar content. That means that to see videos from someone you have subscribed to, notifications don't work as well as they used to, you have to check each channel individually. It's a bad move in my opinion and I'm sorry it has affected you like this.
Awesome video! There is so many toxic lookalikes. That's why proper identification is so important! Thank you for this video!
Absolutely! Toxic Look A likes are part of staying safe when foraging and it doesn't always get the coverage it needs unfortunately.
you should do a video on which part of the plant is edible and how to prepare it. this video isnt helpful at all in that aspect but it is a great video none the less thanks for sharing
For some of these plants I have done videos on how to use them; like Lobelia, Boneset, and Spicebush. Lamb's Quarters makes an appearance in my Foraging Dandelions in spring video as well as multiple other plants I talk about. Also did mention the usable parts for most of these plants as well in this video. To include all that information on each one would have taken hours in a video.
I would like to do a sort of documentary on wild edibles and medicinal plants though that has all that information, so maybe sometime in the future!? Lol, I appreciate your feedback Sam, and your comment!
Trillium: Wild Edibles thanks for the reply. i will check out those videos i just subscribed to your channel im glad i found it i cant wait for you to do that short documentary you mentioned that would be great. keep up the great work.
You're welcome Sam, and thanks for the sub!
Being able to identify is step one. I'm greatful for this video. I can go on the internet to learn to prepare any of those plants.
@@GamesWithSpawn I agree, ID is step one and most important.
wonderful video! Thank you very much, very informative and inspiring. Seriously starting my project of understanding with wild herbs and medicinals
Excellent video for identifying less common herbs and mushrooms. Thank you.
Glad you liked it, and you're very welcome! Thanks for commenting Oleander Surface!
THiS is EXACTLY WHY I love your videos 👍👍👍
So
Educational and informative!!!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍👍👍
Thank you - I may record lots of animal videos, but I have so much more to learn about edible plants ! - Thank you again
I admire your teaching video , keep up these gems 💎 of knowledge. Always grateful
Thanks shean, I always love seeing you in the comments!
I believe the shrub you compared spicebush to is Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii).
Yep, I found that out a few years ago after another commenter pointed it out. It's unfortunately everywhere in my area and INPAWS, a local environmental organization focused on restoring native plants and wildflowers, is working on eradicating it.
Grant took the words out of my mouth. I agree hundred percent.
The "unknown" bush looks like a dwarf honeysuckle, but I could be mistaken.
Another commenter pointed it out a few years ago. Its Amur Honeysuckle and is highly invasive.
Best id resource out there. This is going to help a lot of people.
9:29 Invasive, Chinese Honeysuckle, comes in orange and red berries. It will overtake the understory of woodlands and prairies alike, along with European Buckthorn and Russian Olive
I live in the Pacific Northwest specifically southeastern Washington state. We have yellow wild iris. I couldn't tell due to the dead plant material at the base, but here one difference that's prevalent year round is the roots. The iris roots look a bit like tubers (smaller but look like flower garden iris bulbs) and are on surface, cattails roots are in the ground and much thinner. I don't know if that's the case over there in eastern U.S. but if it helps I'm super stoked to have returned the favor, as I've learned many things about foraging from you. I do cross reference like you suggested only to find that when it comes to wild plants you truly know your stuff. You are one of my favorite you tubers on foraging. Your very very precise and cover just about everything you need to know for identifying. Including great closeups of each part. By the way can you please send me a spice bush start they don't grow here and I want one so bad I can taste it. Allspice is one of my favorites and like it says in the name I put it in all recipes. Even meats, soups, and stews. It just enhances the flavor without covering or overpowering them. Good stuff that allspice is. I know that you can't send me a start. I don't think it's something that they allow you to ship, but I can dream right?
Spicebush ill have to remember that. Great video!🙂
This is a great tutorial. Thanks for passing on this info.
You're very welcome, I'm glad it was helpful to you!
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2years ago I was making bonset tincture for my husband, to treat cancer. I collected plants from 2 locations. Filled 2 quarts
Then saw information on the look alike . It had to go.
When young the leaves are very similar to the Opium Poppy. Plants this similar must have made our ancestors interested and they tried it for medicine. Also, the opium poppy, like tobacco, contains a natural Insecticide.
why are you wispering with the oyster mushroom?
oh my gosh im eating oyster mushies right now!!!
I love your channel and videos! Very informative. Greetings from Amsterdam.
Thanks Rich! Cheers from U.S.A!
It very may well be a honeysuckle, however I know there are plenty of those around here and they have caused none of the issues you mentioned as far as decimating woodlands, and killing large flocks of birds. They are an invasive, noxious species, however I sincerely doubt they have caused that much of a problem, as like I said we have plenty around here. Our woods are still diverse and I don't see these honeysuckle spreading at the rates you mention.
Also you might look into garlic mustard being a culprit in plants being "lost" in woodlands as garlic mustard contains natural herbicides and is very well known for displacing native plants in an area. A lot like honeysuckle is, however to my understanding garlic mustard is worse, though I could be wrong.
are you able to forage enough food to where you dont have to depend on conventional grocery stores like walmart
One could not gather and process enough plants for a years worth of food, with hunting meat included, to not have to depend on more modern conveniences like stores. The more important thing is that through foraging we can gain back part of our heritage as at one time all people ate wild foods. In the meantime becoming healthier and saving money as many wild plants are very nutritious plus for the most part, free to gather.
So in short no I am not and I don't know any one personally who can, or should. I do eat a large amount of wild food but I always use it in conjunction with domestic food as they both have their health benefits, and taste great. i hope that helps and if you have any more questions feel free to ask!
Trillium: Wild Edibles
i get the feeling that maybe you're a freemason or in the illuminati because you have all these secrets of of grid living that the rest of the population doesnt have and thats why i've decided to boycott your channel
Lol, no secrets here just a guy who loves the outdoors and has been foraging for years!.......Eeeek.....boycott?...don't do that, lol!
Trillium: Wild Edibles
That bush was a concord bush. The berries are tart but edible. Not to be confused with concord grapes.
Hmm...Never heard it called that before. Another commenter mentioned it was honeysuckle and I confimed it is a honeysuckle. I'll have to look into their berries being edible. Thanks for the input!
Trillium: Wild Edibles it’s defiantly honeysuckle ? Edible I literally have an entire field of these
It would be better if you identify right away which ones are toxics and which ones are not. Thanks for sharing the knowledge
You're very welcome for the information! I can certainly agree though there are only a couple toxic look a likes in this video; the Poison Iris, and the Nightshade. The other bush in the Spicebush video is a form of honeysuckle, which kind I am not sure as we have a lot of varieties of it where I live. I have tried to improve this in more recent videos where I compare plants or talk about poisonous plants. Thank you very much for the feedback, it is always appreciated!
Thanks for your response. Have a great weekend
You're welcome, and you too!
The one you said you werent sure what it is(spicebush lookalike), my guess is honeysuckle bcuz of the woody stem.
I know this is sooo old but I have a bunch of those green tall plants @15:44 next to Queen Anne's Lace. What is that..I keep trying to figure out if its mugwort. Which I buy at my apothecary. I live on swamp land in Jersey. There is one with a green stalk with elongated leaves. They sortof bundle at the top like a nest. The other one have more of a grayish strong stem all elongated leaves and all the way to top very symmetrical..no nesting at the top.
I have a photo id like to send you to see if you can you tell me what this is? It’s grows wild here in WV into a large shrub. It has a strong pleasant fragrance when the leaves are rubbed. It smells kind of like lavender, but at first I thought it was like oregano.
Is there a way to contact you?
Howdy we cook up them lambs quarters with bacon grease and onions, or fix them like collards with ham hocks. Spring is coming and can't wait to get hold of those as well as poke. pick them leaves when they are young. from Mingo county West Virginia.
Thanks for your answered: sumac. Do y’all have a cooperative extension down there? The one here is actually a part of university. If you do, you might take a sample of the red berry plant in to them and have the identify it. Who knows, you may find another treasure. 😋
You're welcome for the answer Susan! The plant with the red berries is a species of honeysuckle, it was planted in Indiana back in the 60's for erosion control. This was before they knew it was a noxiously invasive species. At the time of uploading this video, about 2 or so years ago, I wasn't aware what it was. However several comments have led to me to know what it is. It's known as Amur Honeysuckle, or Lonicera maackii. Those comments are, or should be available, whether on this video or the identification of Spicebush video I did shortly before this video.
Hope this helps a bit and thanks for commenting
love this channel good videos
Thank you, I'm glad you like them! Thanks for watching and commenting!
This will ...i think, be of greatly increasing interest...be a modern day John Muir...you're great for this!
(clean under your nails tho...😁👍)
+Ben Joseph
(a toothbrush is handy for that...👌)
I very much appreciate that Ben! I would love to do some things like John Muir did in the sense of making such an impact on the world. Hopefully if I keep trying it will happen!
Lol, I dig too much to have clean nails frequently. When you spend as much time as I do with digging, plants, gardening, primitive painting etc. nails are always dirty. However I have been trying to improve that for my newer videos as it seems distracting for some people. Thanks for your comment Ben!
Very very nice but sometimes I cannot hear what the speaker is saying..they don't talk loud enough..or something is wrong with the speaker...
Thanks for another great informative video. What part of Tennessee are you in? I’m in Kentucky I’d love to forage with you one day 😊 I’m still new so I definitely don’t have the knowledge you do but I so want to learn! It’s just hard when you’re out there alone and there’s so much
You're very welcome! I'm located in Central Indiana.
Love your channel! I have a very tall weed I've found but I can not figure out what it is...can you please help me? The leaves are huge. Bigger than my hands.
thanks for the video. but I noticed that there’s no instructions on which part of the plants that is edible, the leaves,or stem or flower
another great video
Do you know anything about honeyvine milkweed?
Liked and subscribed, thanks from Chicago!
Thanks John, hope you enjoy the channel!
Hello
I just discovered your ch. and this is the 1st video I am viewing,
Perhaps it would be helpful , if you would mention and include links to your other videos that may cover exact edible and other uses and preparation for each item you cover,
YOU have a great deal of knowledge to offer. sharing is caring - Thank you.
subscribed.
Ghena.
ps. you're welcome to drop by.
Which parts of the plants are edible or which is just all parts edible
That depends on which plant you're talking about because some in this video are edible and others are medicinal. Most of the videos talk a bit about what parts to use, though a couple might not. Some of these pant you certainly don't want to eat because they would be horrible tasting, Boneset being a prime example.
cutting your meat consumption can cut your carbon footprint by ~30% - protecting the wildlife we all love
Meat is a staple of my diet and always will be!
At 21:39 is that coneflower?!
Thank you so much and GOD above for what you do! GOD Bless you and keep filling you with His abundant understanding and knowledge of His creation for the saving of GODs chosen during the Exodus to come.
Mushrooms live off of the dead like vultures on land, and catfish (bottom feeders) and snails. I do not eat them because they are not seed bearing. They use spores to spawn. But that is up to you.
You do kill your plants before you eat them?
They do get fertilized with organic matter.
Have you or anyone else figured out yet what kinda bush & berry it is at 8:53 ?
@rj sala and you defiantly can’t eat them ?
It's Amur Honeysuckle. Another wonderful commenter pointed it out a couple years ago. It hails from Asia and is considered invasive because it chokes out native plants here, in the United States. There are plenty of other problems too with it. This link to wikipedia will provide some more information;
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonicera_maackii
As for uses, I've used it's flowers for tea plenty of times and it tastes great! It's a bit weaker than Japanese Honeysuckle in flavor but still not bad.
Why are you whispering when you talk about the mushroom and can you explain what the medical purpose are of the plant's?
I have ground cherries but worms are eating them up.
In India it is called Bathu ,we cook it with green leefy vegetables .
Hey man - I love your channel! I am also a foregger on the East Coast. What state are you in?
Indiana. Thanks fro asking and glad you like the channel!
Close captions don't work 😭
i ate lamb's qrtrs raw a lot. i like cooking it too. aka goosefoot. also the seeds are quinoa.
I love it as well and usually eat it raw more than cooked too, lol! Yes the seeds are similar to quinoa in many respects as the plants are related. However the processing of the seeds of both plants is difficult; Quinoa and Lamb's Quarters have a fair amount of saponins on the surface of the seed which can cause some issue if eaten in large quantities over a long period of time. Thank you for commenting!
Every year we get oysters on a mulberry stump I'm my back yard. ( Wasn't my decision to cut it down)
Just a tip to be considered, your transition affects between slides are distracting and not necessary. Honestly makes it hard on my eyes.
Where are you located? Would be good to add that on your info page
You can find that by visiting my website, it's right on the landing page. You can find the website on my channel banner.
@@TrilliumWildEdibles ok..but as one is going thru youtube..it would be a nice addition to state it on your channel description or state it in your videos. Fyi Im not complaining..just a friendly suggestion 😎
is the lobelia inflata aka indian tobacco ?
yes
Why are you whispering ?
I can t hear you.
In what part of the country is this?
This was filmed in Indiana. A lot of these plants can be found in most of the country, though some are only going to be found east of the Mississippi. Thanks for watching and I hope that helps a bit.
hd camera but u gotta focus that lens bruh
That's a crappy $200 camcorder with auto focus without a tripod. My videos from mid 2017 or so are better as I'm using a DSLR with a tripod.
Do you have a clip on Wild Lettuce?
Yes, I have a couple actually. In the video 12 Edible Plants In Your Yard, I give a brief intro to wild lettuce. In the video 10 medicinal plants and their uses I talk about Blue Lettuce, and cover a lot more information on it. Finally there's the video How To Cook Wild Lettuce Greens. These videos can be found in multiple playlists on the channel, or here at the links below;
edible plants in your yard
czcams.com/video/EcQChJ-5XxE/video.html
medicinal plants and uses
czcams.com/video/XOWufTZ0HGw/video.html
cooking wild lettuce
czcams.com/video/UP9KRaKha0U/video.html
I hope this helps and thanks for asking Brett!
Super, thanks
No problem!
bush with round red berries are snake berries
Never heard that common name before, thanks Cheryl!
Kingdom come deliverance vibes
Deer hunting??? Really???? And you are so proud of yourself.....Are you really considering yourself a nature-lover?
Ah yes, the moronic anti hunter.
You Rock!!!!
Thank you, you do too!
Why are you whispering?
You didn't tell what they were for. Whether they are edibles medicinal or what!
I think I covered that for a couple of them but not most of them as these were some of the first videos I did on this channel. At the time I had planned to cover identification, harvesting, and using them in separate videos. Whereas now I cover a bit of how they're used and their uses in the identification videos most of the time. Thank you for commenting Radha Das333!
Trillium: Wild Edibles will you do one on wild violets? I am very confused if you can plant seeds outside. Do you sell the seeds?
I have briefly covered violets in a few videos on this channel. A couple on adding them to food, and some discussing other things about them. I'm on my phone right now and can't link to those videos, but will try to later today. I have no idea on seeds of violet as I just gather them from my yard or the woods. I couldn't really see any one paying for violet seeds of some species like the common violet because they are so prolific. However, there are some species that I'm sure some people might pay for but I'm not sure what species those would be. Thank you for asking and I hope this helps a bit!
What the hell are you Whispering for are the squirrels sleeping
You must be talking about the oyster mushroom video, I said in the video I was deer hunting at the time. I didn't want to scare any deer that may be around.
Night shade: The leaf has two faces looking away from each other.
Interesting, never noticed that before, will look at them to see these faces as that's pretty cool info! Thanks for commenting Judith!
something I learned some 40 or so years ago. the faces resemble side views of a prominent forehead, Roman/Indian nose, and the chin. I was told this as a child that "if taken, you will not see another face."
Lol, I can believe that part about not seeing another face. Sounds like you were given some good and insightful info! Thanks for sharing your experiences Judith!
Night shade is dangerous/double purple trumpets?
Choke cherry
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I love your information but these fat shaping videos have got to stop. It's pure torture. 🥴
hey dude its ur cousin lol
+Boop Doop Hey what's going on?
WHY ARE U WHISPERING?
U GOT TO THE MUSHROOMS, ARE THEY IN THE HOUSE AND UR AFRAID U'LL WAKE SOMEONE UP?
I CAN'T HERE I LK IN THE BEGINNING=/
Lol, no I was deer hunting on this day!
You don't tell what parts of the plants can be used or what they are used for, your videos are useless
It's an identification video dude, your logic is useless.