This is a wild plant uses guide to the Triangle Area of the Piedmont. It contains 450+ species that were considered choice select plants for at least one of their uses. Every wild plant that had a qualitative use was listed. This is not a foraging guide or a planting guide. This is an educational resource for plant uses. If researching a plant use for foraging you must have the plant identified by an expert. You also must first identify the plant and know if it is endangered. Do not pick a plant or eat it if you are not sure. I use the local Radford botany guide for identification with a taxonomy background in education. And I still get help from experts if not totally sure. It would be good to double check anyways. If interested in farming any of these you must first weed out all invasives. One website to research if a plant is native, non invasive localized or invasive is https://plants.usda.gov/home. And I would definitely contact an agricultural extension agent to review your choices. For example some natives can be invasive in a garden since they are so resilient, such as many mint family plants. Though if designed well and understood, such as planting them in containers it could work. It is mindful to plant at least 70% native plants in the garden for wildlife foods. This is an evolving work. If you would like to add anything please email me at wildherbscom@gmail.com. If you are going to use this for your own project I would love to work with you on this, at the very least make contact and have a quality conversation. I was going to perfect this but I am way to busy and I want to get the knowledge out asap. Also if you want to learn to create your own databases I can teach you my method. You can create a list of hundreds of links to local useful plants in a week if you have the thyme. Thank you! Enjoy!!!!! One Love!!!!!!
Click the icon to download an educational resource plant uses guide for Brunswick County, NC. Though it is an extensive guide in a specific area, it would be useful along the coasts of the Carolinas. Distribution of species can be checked at https://plants.usda.gov/home. I have alot of love for the coastal maritime forests, bogs, swamps, brackish waters and the salt adapted beach plants. In the challenging humid, muddy, insect infested swamps of Brunswick County I have seen almost angelic plants in beauty. The myriad relationships of plants and insects are so vast. Please read the previous paragraph for information pertaining to this being a plant uses guide. Any foraging or gardening ideas has to be researched thoroughly and discussed with experts.