Cattail Research Paper

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Cattails is an edible plant you can find in the wild, near freshwater wetlands. Most of the cattail is edible you can eat it raw or you can boil them, The best part of the cattail is the white part found at the bottom in the ground before you eat it wash of the mud. Blackberries are another wild plant you can eat, blackberries are recognized by the stems that are red and covered with thorns, and the green leaves are wide and jagged. Blackberries are best found around August to September.
The dandelion is the easiest plant to recognize with the bright yellow buds, packed with Vitamin A, and Vitamin C, you can eat the entire thing raw or cooked. The acorn is edible and you should not eat a lot of acorns at a time. Chickedweed another wild plant

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