This genus contains about a dozen species of shrubs and small trees, each with fruits that can be used to make a lathering soap.
This species includes varieties called bok choy, napa cabbage, turnip, rapini, and totsoi
This worldwide wetland grass can grow up to 20 feet (6 meters) tall and can cover a quarter of a square mile or more in one stand!
This humble plant is easily overlooked, both in its quiet early blooming and later leaf unfurling. You can find it in wetlands and riverine forests in the NE quarter of the US, up into Canada.
This large-leaved biennial wildflower has thistle-like flowers and an edible and medicinal taproot
A low-growing “trefoil” weed of lawns and disturbed, nitrogen-poor soil, distinguished by its tiny hop-like yellow flower clusters, pointed tips on each leaflet, and the terminal leaflet on a longer stalk or petiole
This is the species that is used as THE cultivated walnut tree. It has pinnately compound leaves with about 7 alternate leaflets, larger towards the tip or terminal end.
This low-growing plant looks, smells, and tastes like onion and is served in US cuisine