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Edible Wild Plants

Goldenrod flowers

Did you know many wild plants growing in northwestern Ontario are edible? While berries are the most popular wild edibles, tubers, leaves flowers and stems of many plants found in northern forests and freshwaters are edible.

Northern Forest Foraging Guide

Northern Ontario’s forests, meadows and waters provide an incredible range of nutritious and delicious edible wild plants. Ontario Nature has prepared this foraging guide as an introduction to this local resource, and to encourage people to experience the wonders the natural world provides.