What’s In Your Survival Bag? What To Put In Your Go Bag

Travis Haley talks about what you can have in your “Go Bag”

Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) ~ LuminEarth’s How to Identify Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

  Names:  Sassafras (Sassafras albidum), Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Common Sassafras, Gui Zhi, Kuntze Saloop, Laurus albida, Sasafras, Sassafrax, Sassafras albidum, Sassafras officinale, Sassafras variifolium, Saxifrax. Appearance:  The sassafras is a medium sized tree ranging from 10-125 feet tall. This tree has 3 different kinds of leaves. One is oval, one has two lobes and [...]

Goldenrod (Solidago) ~ LuminEarth’s Guide to Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

Names:  Goldenrod, Aaron’s Rod, Canadian Goldenrod, Early Goldenrod, European Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis, Solidago gigantea, Solidago Glomerata, Solidago longifolia, Solidago serotina, Solidago virgaurea, Woundwort. Visit Our FREE Online Guide to Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants Appearance: There are more than 20 species in our area (Tennessee) and many of the species hybridize, increasing the diversity of [...]

White Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens) ~ LuminEarth’s How to Identify Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

Names:  White Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens) , White Clover, Ladino Clover, Clover, White Shamrock, Shamrock Appearance:  Clovers have leaves in sets of three with a flower head ranging in color from white, cream to pinkish tinged. Harvesting:  White Dutch Clover is found in lawns, fields, pastures, and disturbed areas. The young leaves are best harvested [...]

Lady’s Thumb (Polygonum persicaria) ~ LuminEarth’s Guide to Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

Names:   Lady’s Thumb (Polygonum persicaria), Smartweed, Knotweed, Spotted Ladysthumb, Fedshank, Floh-Knöterich, Renouée persicaire, Persicaria, Duraznillo, Arsesmart, La Liao, Water Pepper, Polygonum Hydropiper, Red leg, Knotweed, Tear-thumb, Pennsylvania Smartweed Lady’s Thumb (Polygonum persicaria) Appearance: Lady’s Thumb is an annual plant and a member of the buckwheat family. It has narrow, pointed lance shaped leaves ranging in [...]

Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) ~ LuminEarth’s Guide to Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

GROUND IVY (Glechoma hederacea) Other Names: Alehoof, Cat’s Foot, Cat’s Paw,  Creeping Charlie, Gill-Go-By-The Hedge,  Gill-Over-The-Ground, Gillrun, Hay Maids, Hedge Maids, Lian Qian Cao, Lizzy-Run-Up-The-Hedge, Nepeta Hederacea, Robin-Run-In-The-Hedge, Tun-Hoof, Turnhoof.   Appearance: Ground Ivy leaves are heart shaped, opposite, scalloped, and dark green, sometimes tinted purple. The main root is thick and matted it sends out [...]

COMMON VIOLET (Viola odorata) ~ LuminEarth.com’s Guide to Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

Violet (Viola odorata) Other Names: Ordinary violet, Common blue violet, Sweet violet, Garden violet. The violet is edible and medicinal

Broadleaf Plantain (Plantago major) ~ LuminEarth’s Guide To Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants

Plantain (Plantago major) Other Names: Common Plantain, Broadleaf Plantain, Great Plantain, Greater Plantain, Ripple Grass, Plantago Asiatica, Waybread, Waybroad, Snakeweed, Cuckoo’s Bread, Englishman’s Foot, White Man’s Foot, Che Qian Zi (China), Breitwegerich (German), Tanchagem-maior (Portuguese), Llantén común (Spanish), Llantén major (Spanish). Plantain is both medicinal and edible.