Hi there, the plants that you show at 3m34s are not actually dandelion; these are the non-toxic lookalike catsear/ flatweed. It's a common mistake and no real biggie as there are no poisonous dandilion lookalikes. This is what makes it such an amazing plant for beginners, it's very forgiving! What makes dandilion the field green of choice is that it doesn't have those fuzzy leaves, which makes it much more palatable than catsear. While you might eat catsear, you'll probably rather something with a nicer texture. The plant you show at 3m52s is an actual dandilion... Other than dandilion, with its flower top that is very much a superfood, my favourite wild edibles in order are purslane (highest source of omega3), chickweed (most nutrient-dense), stinging nettle (~18% protein, super nutrient dense), and pineapple-weed (wild chamomile). Thanks for your video, I enjoyed the presentation. Keep up the good work!

As much as I enjoyed this, it’s important to mention that old man’s beard is used to name 2 different plants. In the PNW it’s known as USNEA. It grows extremely slowly (10mm a DECADE), so you should only harvest pieces that have already fallen off the tree and are on the ground.- Usually after a storm or windy day.

Sword fern fiddleheads are not edible, and it looks like those are what you showed. Ostrich, lady, and bracken fern are below a few inches tall. Sword ferns have edible tubers though.

Great video! Hands down, huckleberries are my favorite! They look like blueberries but the similarity ends there. They have a different and IMO better flavor. They are great in pancakes!

Fiddlehead is a stage of growth ALL ferns go through, however, not all fiddleheads are edible. There are three fiddlehead ferns that are edible, ostrich (most sought after), lady and bracken fiddlehead ferns. They should be cooked for AT LEAST 5 minutes before consuming.

Miners lettuce and chickweed are some of my favorites, perfect for adding some greens to a sandwich. Thanks for the video

Just saying the lethally poisonous death camas is extremley difficult for a beginner to destinguish from the wild onions you mentioned, and they grow in the same conditions. Rub it in your fingers, if it smells strongly of onions its safe, if it smells weakly of, or not like onions IT WILL KILL YOU.

Loved this - I live in Washington state and love finding blackberries, blueberries and huckleberries on hikes. xoxo

Nice work but I suggest you make the video much longer and list all the dangerous look-alikes. As well as how to scientifically identify each edible based on things like type of leaf arrangement, leaf type, leaf shape, and so on.

Thanks for this post. Love to see different information for people to explore and learn about when hiking. Old man's beard is Usnea. Very medicinal but please harvest ethically, It's a slow growing lichen. People who harvest usually take what has fallen on the ground after a windstorm.

Awesome! I can't wait for the mushroom video, love mushrooms, especially on pizza.

Franziska thank you for sharing this information. As an avid hiker and outdoorsman this is a great resource in case a person goes hiking and gets lost. It would come in handy for food. I’ve made tea before out of pine needles and it is actually pretty good.

Those ferns look like Sword Ferns. Also, some flowers shown as dandelion were hawkweed I think.

SO excited for the mushroom vid! I've wanted to go mushroom hunting for forever!

We used to make dandelion jam. It’s more like syrup. We used only flowers when they are yellow. Remove green part and boil yellow petals with sugar. The taste reminds honey a little bit.

Such a good idea for a video! The bright green pine shoots are full of vitamin c. You can chew them or brew them into a tea. And wood Sorrel looks like clovers and is a great lemony snack as well.

Rose hips another great vitamin C source. Great video, everyone can benefit from knowing how to forage. Look forward to more

Never knew that about Ferns!! Cool!

I use to pick salmon berries a lot as a kid on trails in troutdale, or

Just found your channel. Hoping to retire in the PNW soon and looking forward to finding these edible treasures on our hikes.

I love this, I hope you make many more videos like this, so cool.

I love wood sorrel (Oxalis sp.). Super abundant and tastes like green apple.

Very cool! Wild fruit is my favorite.

Also, you can reinvigorate the dried usnea/old man's beard by allowing it soak up water. It's a symbiotic relationship between fungi (at least one), algae, and sometimes yeast. So the fungi absorbs the water for the whole organism and it's used to periods of drying out, then absorbing water again when it becomes available.

It would be nice for a newbie to have some idea of what types of eatables are harvestable,,, by season... Lets say i want to go our for a weekender say spring, summer, and fall...

You may wish to mention that Death Camas looks identical to wild unions!!!! Smell them before eating! If it smells like an union it’s an union. It’s also good to point out that they also sometimes grow together! Smell each one cause otherwise it could be your life or at least ruin your day with sickness 😮

Awesomeness ☀️💦 we love dandelions & mushrooms

Nice videos in the edibles around us. It's good to know these are local PNW plants.

I love the flowers of the Black Locust tree. Ps. Slow down when ya get into the water its so much safer. ;)

This was great, thanks!

thank you for the educational video I was very questionable with the dandelions and what I could or could not eat on them and also thank you for telling me about the fennel heads and the wild onions I am in Ontario Oregon and especially about the health benefits of the wild onions that those can do I hope to watch more videos from you and maybe you can help me out figure what is here on in Ontario Oregon for me to do well edibles on, mainly with blood pressure health and digestive health but the blood pressure stuff would be great thank you for all you do please put more videos up thank you again for all you do.

Them huckleberries look allot like Oregon grapes.

It’s almost mushroom season!!!! My favorite time in the northwest!

Usnea is actually a Lichen. Its a symbiotic relationship between fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria. This is more appropriate in a fungi video. Nice video though.

Lovely info

Very interesting ,thx

Great vlog. Keep up the good work!!

Knowing my luck I would pick the wrong ones and get sick hahaha.

They didn’t look like huckleberries… looked more like blueberries. Is this just a different variety? When I was a kid I would go out in my yard and every stump had huckleberry bushes. I’d collect a handful or two and throw them in my pancake batter for my breakfast. The berries were bright red. PNW -zone 8 b

Salmon berries!

western sword fern not fiddlehead fern

I just ate a dandy lion from my lawn now IAM a grasshopper thanks alot 😂.that was pretty funny .

miners lettuce

Wild woman

Yea that looks like death camas to me

You screwed up the fern part. You need to take this video down and re do it. Have some pride.

Pineapple weed.

I find it unethical to eat so many of those Huckleberries when you are well-fed.. the wildlife in the area needs those to sustain themselves, you don't need them so you should leave them..

Those look like sword ferns - do not eat.

Please stop making videos about things you seem to know absolutely nothing about. Please?

Why can't the dried old man's beard be used? @hikeoregon