Northern Bushcraft

Wild Edible Plants of Newfoundland

This guide covers a number of edible plants in Newfoundland, Canada including the St. John's area and the Gros Morne, Terra Nova, and Torngat Mountains National Parks. Do not collect where prohibited.

This guide focuses on wild edible plants that that are relatively easy to identify and have no deadly poisonous look-alikes.

All plant parts described as being edible raw are also edible (and often more palatable) when cooked.

  1. bedstraw (aka cleavers)
  2. indian pipe (aka ghost plant)
  3. lamb's quarter (aka pigweed)
  4. pickleweed (aka glasswort, sea asparagus)
  5. salsify (aka goatsbeard, oyster plant)
  6. sea milkwort (aka sea milkweed)
  7. seaside sandplant (aka sea sandwort, beach greens)
  8. silverweed (aka cinquefoil)
  9. speedwell (aka brooklime, gypsyweed)
  10. swamp hedge-nettle (aka marsh woundwort)
  11. sweet gale (aka bog myrtl)
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Related topics: Edible Berries of Newfoundland - Edible Mushrooms of Newfoundland
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