Botany and Plants

Summer is a great time to be out foraging, and Lamb’s Quarters can grow very abundant this time of the […]

One of the best times to be a forager is in the spring. Everything in nature comes alive. All types

Fall is here and for a forager, it’s time to start identifying wild asparagus. I always get a funny look

This is the season I love the most. It’s cranberry season. For the past seven years, I have enjoyed foraging

Although the Mallow family boasts 244 genera and 4225 species world-wide (with 27 genera occurring in North America alone), only

The Ranunculaceae are representative of early evolved flowering plants, much like Magnolias, and this can be understood when looking at

A large, cosmopolitan family, most Mints are perennial or annual herbs, although some woody species do occur (rosemary, lavender, sage,

“Don’t eat white camas” is a common saying around the Willamette Valley. Referring not to a true member of the

Consisting of perennial and some annual wetland graminoids, Juncaceae leaves are long and simple with parallel veins. What sets members of Juncaceae apart from

Asparagaceae – Asparagus Family The Asparagaceae group seven families that were previously considered separate, comprising 114 varied genera and about