Edible Canadian Shrubberies
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2024
- Do you ever find yourself gazing at neighbours' hedges and wishing you could eat them? Well maybe you can.
These are a few Canadian shrubs that can work well both as windbreaks, and as food sources for humans and animals alike. Or for good little snacks while foraging in the bush.
Plants in this video:
American Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum*)
Family: Adoxaceae (Moschatel family)**
Other names: Cranberrybush Viburnum, Crampbark, Grouseberry, Mooseberry, Pembina, Pimbina, Squawbush, Summerberry, Tree Cranberry
*sometimes these are also treated as a variety or subspecies of the guelder-rose (Viburnum opulus var. Americanum or Vibrunum opulus subsp. trilobum)
**sometimes listed as Viburnaceae
Silver Buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea)
Family: Elaeagnaceae (Oleaster family)
Other names: Thorny Buffaloberry, Bull Berry, Rabbit Berry, Nebraska Currant, Silver Leaf
Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia)
Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Other names: Serviceberry, Juneberry, Chuckley Pear, Dwarf Shadbush, Alder-Leaf Shadbush, Pigeon Berry, Lancewood, Shadblossom, Shadblow, Sarvis, ᒥᓵᐢᐠᐘᑑᒥᐣ - Misâskwatômina (Cree), Hetanemenôtse (Cheyenne), Dzidzé ditʼódí (Navajo), Amélanchier (French)
*if you happen to know more Indigenous names, let me know
Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)
Family: Adoxaceae (Moschatel family)*
Other names: Sheepberry, Sweet Viburnum
*sometimes listed as Viburnaceae
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: Julia Goertzen and Sam
Images:
Buffaloberry in Sandy Soil: Colin Croft, iNaturalist.com, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Red Nannyberry Leaves: Mary Krieger, iNaturalist.com, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
[Pemmican War: Jefferys, Charles W. 1945 The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Vol. II]
Sponsored by: Stanley Soil Management Association
Special thanks to Richard Warkentin
Nannyberry flowers and berries really remind me of elderberry. Then I just checked wikipedia and found out elderberries used to be part of the Caprifoliacaceae familly as well, until some Pluto haters decided to change the classification /s
Haha, yeah. Funny enough though, nannyberries and the other Viburnums also ended up getting moved out of Caprifoliaceae, and into Adoxaceae along with elderberries, so justice was done in the end.
Im from Ontario and were are starting to get sakatoon berrys, most nursery s have them now 😊. Im growing all of these in my food Forrest and can't wait till they're big enough to get berrys
Oh nice! That sounds like my ideal back yard.
I'm really glad I stumbled (ambled?) across your channel. You do a great job explaining some really interesting facts and background about these plants and others, and my interest is held even though I really don't know much at all about this field otherwise. Keep it up!
EDIT: I'm American and you're right about the weird looks given to foragers. Undeserved!
Late response here, but I really appreciate it! I did see this comment when you first left it, and it was encouraging comments like this one that helped me push through with some of the periods where motivation was more difficult. So thanks!
I almost choked on my apple when you spit out the cranberry. Informative and well done video. It's a crime you don't have more subs.
Very late response, but thanks! I really appreciate it!
I removed a lilac last summer, now I'm looking for a native bush to replace it. This video is wonderful, thank you ! Now I have to make up my mind and pick a place(s) where one ( or more ) of these will be happy on the property. 🙂
Question: After licking lilacs and munching bushes, are there any salads you could toss together with some of these edible plants?
With these particular plants, not so much, at least as far as I've found. Locally, we seem a bit short in the edible shrub-leaves department, unfortunately. For edible flowers though, there's a couple that could be nice added to a salad. Roses and caraganas come to mind.
For common shelter trees, there's a few with good leaves around here. My top choice there would be lindens. The young leaves make a pretty good salad green. Elm can also be decent, and spruce buds can make an interesting addition.
My family pruduce Cabbage and potatoes
Nice. I can appreciate a good vegetable.
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