The Wild Foodies of Philly
  
In search of the food beneath our feet!
 



 WILD FRUIT - PLANTS, VINES, BUSHES, TREES
Always check to see if seeds should be removed before eating
!
*Fruit Harvest Calendar

* http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/centers/private-forests/news/2015/wild-fruits-of-pennsylvania


WILD FRUIT – PLANTS:
 


Plant Profile Links +
Thumbnails

 

INDIAN STRAWBERRY

Duchesnea indica1.jpg

 

WILD STRAWBERRY

 

 

GROUND CHERRY

 


BLACK NIGHTSHADE

 Solanum nigrum leafs flowers fruits.jpg


BOG CRANBERRY
Cranberry bog.jpg


PARTRIDGE BERRY

 Mitchella repens - Partridgeberry fruit/berry showing 2 attachment points from the two flowers

 


CREEPING SNOWBERRY - MOXIE PLUM

Gaultheria hispidula 7847.JPG

 


WINTER GREEN
Gaultheria procumbens.JPG

 

MAYAPPLE (Do not eat the fruit until it is ripe.)
Mayapple by IvanTortuga.jpg
 

 

PRICKLY PEAR / INDIAN FIG

 Opuntia 01.JPG

 


POKEWEED

 


FALSE SOLOMON’S SEAL


 

     

 


WILD FRUIT – VINES:
 
 


GRAPE


 

 

PORCELINE BERRY

Ampelopsis-brevipedunculata.JPG

 

HARDY KIWI

Weiki01.jpg
 

 

PASSION FLOWER / MAYPOP

 Passiflora incarnata fruit.jpg

 

GREENBRIER / SMILAX
Smilax rotundifolia fruits in winter 001.JPG

 


MILE-A-MINUTE
Persicaria perfoliata 7.JPG

 


BRAMBLES / RUBUS:
 

 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus

 

RED RASPBERRY

 

 

BLACK RASPBERRY

 

 

BLACKBERRY

 2016-07-25 16 21 11 Blackberries along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Deep Gap, Yancey County, North Carolina.jpg

 


DEWBERRY


WINEBERRY
Rubus phoenicolasius B.jpg
 

 

ROSES:
 
 

 

ROSE HIP

 

ROSA ROGUSA

 

 


 


WILD FRUIT – BUSHES:

 

 

 

BLUEBERRY – HIGH BUSH

 

 

BLUEBERRY – LOW BUSH

 


BARBERRY
 

 

 

CRANBERRY– HIGH BUSH

 Viburnum trilobum1.jpg


CHOKEBERRY – RED / ARONIA
 
   

 

CHOKEBERRY-BLACK / ARONIA

 

 

 

PLUM - BEACH

 Prunus maritima.jpg

 

 

PLUM – WILD, AMERICAN

 

VIBURNUM - BLACK HAW
blackhaw fruit

 


VIBURNUM – NANNYBERRY

 

GOOSEBERRY 
Prickly gooseberry 4.jpg

 

 

CLOVE CURRANT

 

 

STAGHORN SUMAC

Rhty 002 lhp.jpg 

 

 

FRAGRANT SUMAC

  
ELDERBERRY


 

 

BEAUTYBERRY
Beautyberry.jpg

 


SPICE BUSH


 

 

WILD LEMON / TRIFOLIATE ORANGE


HUCKLEBERRY
 - BLACK
Black-huckleberry-Acadia.jpg
 

HUCKLEBERRY
 - BOX
leaves and fruit

 

AUTUMN OLIVE / AUTUMN BERRY

 
 

 
RUSSIAN OLIVE / SILVER BERRY

 

 
YEW
- must remove toxic seed

Taxus baccata MHNT.jpg
 


 

 

 

 

 


WILD FRUIT – TREES:

 
 

 

CRAB APPLE

 

 

HAWTHORNS - many species

 

MULBERRY (red, black, & white)

 

 

PAPER MULBERRY

 Broussonetia papyrifera-fruits.jpg

 

PAWPAW

 Asimina triloba3.jpg
 

 

PERSIMMON

 

KOUSA DOGWOOD

 

 

CORNELIAN CHERRY - DOGWOOD

 

AMERICAN HACKBERRY

 

 

ROWAN – AMERICAN ASH

 Sorbus americana.jpg


JUNIPER BERRY


CALLERY PEAR

 
 


JUNEBERRY (many species)
 

 

 
QUINCE

Werne-Lippe- 1805.JPG

 

WILD CHERRY TREES:

 

 

http://uptreeid.com/Species/cherries.htm


PIN CHERRY

 

 

BLACK CHERRY
Amerikaanse vogelkers bessen Prunus serotina.jpg

 

CHOKE CHERRY
Black cherry 1.JPG