Central Florida Wild Edibles
Hungry? Just take a walk outside. Nature is a grocery store! It's actually better because it's free and foraging requires no energy inputs (except for the minimal energy expending walking around and preparing the food). I have identified around 30 edible plants within a 20 minute walk from my house and posted pictures, parts edible, season and habitat.
Picture | Name | Part edible | Habitat | Season |
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Smilax | vegetative shoot | woods | spring, summer |
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Amaranth | leaf | fields | spring, summer, fall |
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Sonchus | leaf | fields | spring |
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Bull thistle | flower, leaf | fields | spring |
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Florida betony | tuber | fields | summer, fall |
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Spanish needle | leaf | fields | spring, summer, fall |
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Muscadine grape | berry | woods | fall |
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Blackberry | berry, leaf | fields | spring |
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Caesar weed | leaf (cooked) | woods | summer, fall |
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Oak | nut (soaked) | woods | fall |
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Wood sorrel | leaf | fields | year round |
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Usnea lichen | all parts | woods | |
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Cladonia lichen | all parts (soaked) | woods | |
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Elderberry | berry (not the seed) | woods, wetlands | |
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Pokewood (controversial) | young plant (cooked) | fields | spring |
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Mushrooms | all parts (cooked) | woods | year round |
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Saw palmetto | berry, heart, shoot | woods | year round |
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Spiderwort | all parts | fields | spring |
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Pickerelweed | all parts? | wetlands | |
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Dandelion | all parts | fields | spring, summer |
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Wild violets | all parts | woods | |
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Yucca | flowers | fields | spring |
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Opuntia cactus | pad, fruit | fields | year round |
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Pennywort | all parts | wetlands | year round |
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Crepis | all parts (cooked) | fields | |
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Passion flower | fruit | woods, fields | summer |
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Blueberry | berry | woods | spring |
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Beautyberry | berry | fields | |
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Lambsquarters | leaf | fields | |
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Purslane | leaf | fields | |
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Persimmon | fruit | fields | |
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Skunkvine | leaf (cooked) | fields, woods |
Check out eattheweeds.com for more info on Florida foraging.