edible
for informational purposes only – known to have been utilized as a food source, either choice or during food droughts
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Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud)
$8.00 – $18.00Showy, easy-to-grow, spring blooming shrub that hosts 24 diverse species of caterpillars, provides nesting material for leaf-cutter bees, and feeds wildlife with its numerous seed pods.
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Claytonia virginica (spring beauty)
$5.00 – $12.00Edible spring ephemeral that provides an early food source for pollinators, including the specialist spring beauty miner.
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Corylus americana (American hazelnut)
$18.00Seed-grown American hazelnut, also known as the American filbert, is a keystone species that produces choice edible nuts.
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Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry)
$8.00 – $25.00The native wild strawberry provides delicious, edible fruit, and its dense spreading growth helps to suppress weeds as a living mulch.
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Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple, American mandrake)
$10.00This spring ephemeral groundcover has a close association with the state-vulnerable eastern box turtle, which favors its fruit and disperses it in the wild.