Edible Herbaceous Wild Plants Common to the James River
Watershed Presented by, Carrie Edmonds
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Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata Found on the North Bank
Trail, North Side of Belle Isle, and the Belle Isle Rocks on the
South Side of the Isle
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Lambs Quarters Chenopodium album Found on the Eastern Most End
of the North Bank Trail and the Front Tip of Belle Isle
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Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Found in the sunny, open meadow near
Reedy Creek
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Purslane Portulaca oleracea Found behind the soccer field
across from the Cary Street Gym
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Stinging Nettles Urtica dioica Found on the Front Tip of Belle
Isle
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Wild Onion Allium spp. Found in the sunny, open meadow near
Reedy Creek and on the Northbank Trail
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Main Resource Lyle, K. L. The Complete Guide to Edible Wild
Plants, Mushrooms, Fruits, and Nuts: How to Find, Identify, and
Cook Them. Guilford: Morris, 2004,2010. Print.