Description given on Youtube:
Australian Bush Tucker, Useful & Medicinal Plants. Approx 1 hour of footage.
A look at my local bushland area and the native plants that I find which can provide, food, medicine or be beneficial in some way to everybody. This video is an example of what is to be found when you start looking closer at your environment. A lot can be found even in a small area, your own yard is a great place to start, edible weeds are the basics, wood sorrel, dandelion, sow thistle just to name a few. Native plants have been use for thousands of years and can provide nutrition,hydration & medicine if you know what to look for and where to look, soil types and topography play a roll in this too.
WARNING: DO NOT EAT WHAT YOU CANNOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFY AS SAFE EATING.
Names of the plants encountered.
Lance Plantain (Plantago Lanceolota)
Docks Weed (Rumex)
Native Cherry (Exocarpos cupressiformis)
Devils Twine (Cassytha)
Mat Rush (Lomandra Longifolia)
Blady Grass (Imperata cylindrica)
Sydney Golden Wattle (Acacia Longifolia) 7:01
Native Sarsaparilla (Smilax glyciphylla)
Geebung (Persoonia sp.)
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) not native
Lantana
Rattle Grass (Briza maxima) Ravens spitting grass @ 33:28
Black Boy (Xanthorrhoea)
Clover (Trifolium)
Sow Thistles (Sonchus)
Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
Bulrush (Typha)
Garden Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) Peppery orange flower @ 47:10 not native
Turkey Tail Fungus (Tremetes Versicolor)
Sour Currant (Lepomeria acida)
Mulberry (Morus) not native
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