Wild Food

Important food species for the coast salish.

Popular spring fiddlehead.

Spring fiddlehead and medicine to treat skin sores.

Rhizome and fiddleheads are often consumed.

A fall fiddlehead found growing on Large Leaf Maples.

A spring and fall fiddlehead along with many other uses.

An ancient tree that offer many uses.

Also known as Western Flowering Dogwood, is a medicine to treat stomach problems and also makes great wooden tools.

Beautiful tree in the endangered Garry Oak Ecosystem which acorns and bark were harvested.

Use parts of this dune plant to add a mustard flavour to your dishes.

Roots, leaves, and flowers are edible in this native clover.

The wild carrot of the Salish Sea.

Berries with a mild flavour, but popular for hummingbirds.

Delicious berry found along the Coast Salish Sea.

A common edible black plump berry found throughout the Salish Sea.

Dark purple to black berries are best eaten right off the shrub when ripe.

Ocean herb that resembles closely to asparagus.

An introduced species, with a sour lemony flavour.

A white flower with edible corms that was eaten as a famine food.

Also known as Indian Celery, Indian Consumption Plant, or Barestem Biscuitroot. Used to treat sore throats, common colds, and bronchitis.

Native blackberry found in the Salish region.

A violet flower with edible corms.

This plant is a delicious vegetable, but careful when harvesting!

Red alder branches and wood are harvested for traditional pit cooking and smoking fish, while its bark is used medicinally to treat skin ailments, cleanse the blood, and make therapeutic teas.

Cattails are used for food or making mats or twine.

This beautiful lily adds peppery flavours to pit cooks.

Beyond its bright red berries, the thimbleberry offers edible young shoots, herbal tea leaves, and traditional medicinal uses.

Eelgrass beds are an important habitat and can be enjoyed for food and teas.

Native thistles that are edible.

Osoberry, also known as indian plum, chokecherry, or june plum.