Native Vegetable Growing Guides

I have compiled what I have learned about growing and harvesting each native vegetable into these Growing Guides. Please contact me if you can add or improve any of this information!

List of plants by Botanical Name
  • Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
  • Allium tricoccum (Ramps)
  • Amaranthus spp. (Pigweed)
  • Apios americana (Groundnut)
  • Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
  • Camassia spp. (Camas)
  • Chenopodium spp. (Lamb's Quarters)
  • Cucurbita pepo (Squash)
  • Helianthus annuus (Sunflower)
  • Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem Artichoke, sunchoke)
  • Matteucia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern, Fiddleheads)
  • Montia perfoliata (Claytonia)
  • Oenothera biennis (Evening Primrose)
  • Opuntia spp. (Prickly Pear Cactus)
  • Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri) (Yampa)
  • Psoralea esculenta (Breadroot, Prairie turnip)
  • Phaseolus vulgaris (Bean)
  • Phytolacca americana (Pokeweed)
  • Sagittaria latifolia (Arrowhead, wapatoo)
  • Typha latifolia (Cattail)
  • Viola spp. (Violets)
  • Zea mays (Corn)