From fields to woodlands, riverbeds, and lakesides-and even in our own neighborhoods-the beautiful Midwest is rich in delicious wild edibles. Herbalist, forager, and urban farmer Lisa M. Rose helps you find peppery watercress and delectable nettles at a nearby lake in the spring and nutritious burdock roots from sunny fields in the fall. Try brewing chai from roasted hickory or beech nuts, or capturing the citrus notes of pine needles in a lightly fermented, aromatic ale. Savor the delicate snow-pea flavor of rampant kudzu greens in the southern part of the region, or, in cool-running northern marsh waters, gather nutty wild rice for a foraged feast.

Amaranth --American beech -- American persimmon -- Angelica -- Apple -- Asparagus -- Aspen -- Autumn olive -- Basswood -- Blackberry -- Black cherry -- Black locust -- Black walnut -- Blueberry -- Burdock -- Catnip -- Cattail -- Chaga -- Chestnut -- Chickweed -- Chicory -- Cleavers -- Cow parsnip -- Crabapple -- Cranberry -- Currant -- Dandelion -- Daylily -- Dock -- Elder -- Field garlic -- Garlic mustard -- Ginkgo -- Goldenrod -- Greenbrier -- Groundcherry -- Ground ivy -- Groundnut -- Hawthorn -- Hazelnut -- Hibiscus -- Hickory -- Honeysuckle -- Horsetail -- Huckleberry -- Hyssop -- Japanese knotweed -- Jewelweed -- Juniper -- Kousa dogwood -- Kudzu -- Lamb's quarters -- Lemon balm -- Lilac -- mallow -- Milkweed -- Monarda -- Motherwort -- Mulberry -- Nettle -- Oak -- Ostrich fern -- Ox-eye daisy -- Pawpaw -- Pennycress -- Peppermint -- Pineapple weed -- Plantain -- Poke -- Prickly pear -- Purslane -- Raspberry -- Redbud -- Red clover -- Rose -- Salsify -- Sassafras -- Serviceberry -- Solomon's seal -- Spearmint -- Spicebush -- Spotted bee balm -- Spring beauty -- Spruce -- Sugar maple -- Sumac -- Sunchoke -- Sweet clover -- Sweet pea -- Thimbleberry -- Trout lily -- Tulip tree -- Violet -- Watercress -- White clover -- White lettuce -- White pine -- Wild carrot -- Wild ginger -- Wild grape -- Wild leek -- Wild lettuce -- Wild onion -- Wild peach -- Wild pear -- Wild plum -- Wild rice -- Wild sarsaparilla -- Wild strawberry -- Wintergreen -- Wood sorrel -- wormwood -- Yarrow -- Yellow birch.