Are all pine needles edible?
I mentioned this in a couple of other posts, but never posted the question directly. Are all pine needles edible? I mean, can I walk up to any pine tree...be it spruce, fir, or long leaf pine...pluck...
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All pines, spruce, fir - yes. Same for juniper, and I believe cedar. Don't know about larch. NOT yew. Also try chewing the pitch from the edible species. Flavors vary by species and by location, so...
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larch is doable too...in fact the inner cambium is very chewy, kinda like gum...if you stretch your imagination a lot... didn't know about yew....thus haines message about taking all info here with a...
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Yew is planted all over the country as a landscape plant, but its escaped in some places. The needles are flat, and instead of a cone it has cup-shaped reddish-orange berries. The berries are...
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~HunterFarmer~ How can you tell it's a Norway spruce? Only spruce I can distinguish is the Blue spruce...and that's only cuz it's blue...lol!! ~Montana Buckskin~ I should've been more specific in my...
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We've got loblolly and Virginia pine occuring naturally; the one you've described in most likely loblolly (it's the most common pine in this area). You sometimes see white pine planted as an...
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Becca: The way I know to distinguish Norway Spruce (Picea abies) from other spruces is its almost pendulus (weeping) nature; that is. It's a very tall tree, and grows quickly. Spruce have square...
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i'm being overly technical montanadolphine....force of habit from being in the medical field a bit.....but yes things that aren't poisonous can still kill you if you react badly to their proteins as...
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I like flat cedar or Arborvitae I eat it off the tree -- It freshens the breath (almost like mint or probaly more like a menthol taste) Word of cation though It has the same chemical thujone as Sage...
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theres a cedar i pass almost daily at least i think its a cedar. it bark looks like it and the trunk grows upward in time but its all twisty. it has short needles and little blue berrys on it. i think...
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cedar or juniper... have short very prickery needles and bluish grey berries. Lots of them. a lot of time they will be all twisted..depends on where they grow.I certainly would not call the berries...
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ok thank you. yea i thought they were edible but there arent there for fun and games of eating them. more for survival. the berries are still green but cant wait till they rippen and then i can grab...
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Yew is poisonous! All pines are edible and I believe most spruces are too. Think the larch wasn't palatable. But definetly the yew is a no go ~ I've worked in the landscape industry for a long time...
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I know at the very least that long pine needles are very edible. I actually like how they taste and when I can go in the woods I eat them. I live in Wisconsin, so it's not like we're running out...
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i remember watching man vs wild once and bear chewed on them for hydration. I've also seen deer on a farm once eat the needles off a tree once.
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When we are talking plants, bear in mind that we are not limited by borders. So when you say "all over the country", i dont know what that means. Which country? And if it is the USA, which parts are...
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I have eaten dried inner bark of young pine (Pinus sylvestris). If you're hungry it's really quite good. Definitely has a very alkaline feel to it. Dried and crushed and mixed in fish broth it makes a...
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Spruce needle tea is good when hot but more like turpentine when cold. The red berries on yew bushes are very sweet. I've eaten lots of them as a kid, my dad was a landscaper, and just recently this...
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