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Fall edible plants

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cybrok

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Hello

I was wondering what you would consider eating in the woods at this time of the year.

I've eat some cattail last spring and it was good, but a few weeks ago even cooked it was impossible to chew.

Is it the same for burdock?

All the small fruits are gone, and it was a bad year anyway; bears are getting out of the forest to eat around here.

So, how would you get your vegetables?
 
I'm interested in hearing this as well. I've been wanting to try cattail but around me the water isn't all that clean so I wouldn't want to eat the root.

There's plenty of poison ivy around me to make a salad :)
 
The apples and pears are still embarrassingly abundant here in Michigan. :)
Fall-bearing raspberries are in, too, but they never seem to grow as profusely as the earlier blackberries do.

And now's a good time for Jerusalem Artichokes- they're all big and ready for the winter.

Mike
 
Burdock is most likely too woody right now. Cattail is fine as is white pine. You can also find plenty of other trees with edible inner bark. There is still plenty of sheep sorrel and even wild grapes still on the vine although somewhat shriveled.

Get a petersens guide and check it out. There is plenty to eat if you know where to look.
 
you should be fine with cattail. Usually it's only too tough when it starts turning brown. Stick with the young shoots (if there are any) and you'll be okay.

There ain't much else left except maybe common plantain and some poke if you're lucky.

Wild lettuce should still be out.

If you can beat the squirrels to them the acorns and beechnuts will be ready in the next month or so.

clover and sorrel should still be good up until the frost. And even then most clover will live through it.

that's all I can come up with off the top of my head.

I don't know a whole lot about how Quebec's seasons run...so I'm just going by what I know stays out here in KY.
 
If you are in Southern Quebec, I imagine you could try the fruit of the White Walnut Juglens Cinerea (alt: Butternut). If it ranges that far north (of which I am unsure) the rhyzome of the Water Lotus ought be harvestable.
 
Persimmon!!! My favorite and ready to eat here in Southern Appalachia. I just picked up some black walnuts on a walk with the dog today too. White oak acorns. Some of the old homesteads around here have sweet chesnut planted. And you can still find some muscadines that can be eaten.
 
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