

PLANT ARCTIC / TUNDRA:

NEARLY ALL ARCTIC VEGETATION = EATABLE:

NORTH TEMPERATE ZONE SURVIVAL RULES VIA PLANTS:

1)   FLOWERS OF ALL PLANTS    ARE EDIBLE RAW OR COOKED.

2)   ALMOST ALL FRUITS, NUTS BERRIES ARE EDIBLE EXCEPT;
     BANEBERRY

3)   Leaves & stems of non-poisonous plants CAN BE EATEN
     Raw or if too bitter, boiled in several changes of water.

4)   Roots, tubers, shoots & root stalks to roast, bake, boil.

ARCTIC BERRIES; RED COLOUR = OK:

IN THE COLD CLIMATES MOST BERRIES ARE EDIBLE.

This is in contrast with Tropical and sub-Tropical areas
where berries are best to be AVOIDED as poisonous.

ALL ARCTIC VEGETATION IS EDIBLE EXCEPT FOR SOME MUSHROOMS.

This lethal species of mushroom that has white gills & a
bulbous base has a smooth top usually some 3 or 4 inches
across then mature and range in colours from white through
greyish brown. To AVOID  poisonous mushrooms in the Arctic
one way is to shun any swollen bases & white underneath.

	LEAVE ALL MUSHROOM ALONE!

LABRADOR TEA: *** Ledum Groenlandicum

Widely distributed, leaves make excellent tea. Dry the
leaves over a fire in a pan until they become crumbly. The
infusion is prepared by pouring hot water over leaves. The
resultant is a brew high in Vitamin C.

ONLY 2 POISONOUS POLAR REGIONS PLANTS:**

We mention first the Only 2 known poisonous plants: #Cigue
Aquatic & Bouton D'or#  (?Baneberry*)

AMONG POLAR EDIBLE PLANTS:

Beside the Lichen or Rock Tripe already mentioned we have:
Berries which are ALL  EDIBLE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT EDIBLE BERRY IS THE SALMONBERRY!

BUT BEWARE FOR #HERBE A ST. CHRISTOPHE# ** whose fruits come
in grapes which are NOT EDIBLE.

MOUNTAIN BERRY: *

This shrub low & crawling has tough leaves that stay ALWAYS
Green clothed with red fruits is VERY RICH IN VITAMINS.

ALPS BERRY: *

Those berries grow in groups of 3 or 4 at the end of a small
stem. The leaves of this crawling shrub are reddish & its
fruit almost flavourless.

#VESTE SUCREE#: *

This plant grows in the North & found in sanded ground
particularly close to lake shore and river bed. Its flowers
are rose coloured, its roots taste like carrots VERY
NOURISHING AND ARE EATEN RAW OR BOILED OR FRIED.

#CANADENSIS#: *

This small plant has #epis laineux# * or rose flowers. It
grows in the dry Tundra of N. America. Its long yellow and
sweet root can be eaten raw or cooked.

#BISTORTE# : *

It grows in the Tundra. It carries white or rose flowers
which form #epis elancees# Its leaves long, thin and soft
coming off stems very near the ground.

Its root very rich in feculent or starch has an acid taste
when eaten Raw. Let it soak in water for a few hours before
roasting it.

LIQUORICE ROOT: *

As the Eskimos potato this plant forms tubercles (like small
potato) in spring, summer, fall sometime even in winter. In
Summer its tubercles are NOT EDIBLE.

The liquorice has rose flowers that grow in clustered #epis
elancee# Its long pod or shell fairly thin measure 2 to 5
1/2 cm long.

SCURVY PREVENTION:  Other plants rich in Vitamin C.

SPRUCE FIR:

Black: 30 to 50 feet in height
SPRUCE FIR: Red: 60 to 80 feet .........
SPRUCE FIR: White: 40 to 140 feet ........

#SOUCI DES MARAIS# : *

This plant appears very Early in Spring. It grows in the
swamps and along water bed. Cooked the young leaves and
young stems are VERY NOURISHING AND DELICIOUS!

WILLOW: SCURVY PROTECTION  etc.*

THIS LITTLE TREE GROW ALMOST EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

In the TUNDRA it grows only a few cm in height. In Spring
you can eat its young tender shoots and leaves. Getting old
these shoots become bitter and hard.

Willow's are noted by their grapes of flowers and fruits.
These grapes in form of caterpillar measure about 2 1/2 cm
in length.

REMEMBER THE WILLOW IS ONE OF THE RICHEST SOURCE IN VITAMIN
C & FOUND IN MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD. 

WILLOW IS ALSO BEST TO LIGHT FIRE IN ARCTIC AS IS THE BIRCH.

#FICAIRE or Petite chicoine# : *

The young leaves, stems, & flowers ARE EDIBLE in spring but
become hard and bitter in summer & die in fall. Found along
water bed in sand banks, in the slopes of Alpine or Arctic
zones.

The stems reach up to 8cm. in height & the leaves thick &
whitish reach about 8cm. in length. It has long beautiful
leaves coloured from rose to purple. Its corolla has 4 petals.

#HAUTES HERBES A FEU# : *

The young leaves, stems and flowers ARE EDIBLE in spring
becomes hard and bitter in summer. This plant grows in
forest, in hills slope and on the shores of water bed as
well as sea shores.

Very numerous in Swamps. These high grasses look like
#Ficaire# but their leaves are green and stems are more red
and longer. This grass measures 1 1/2 to 2 meters in height.
Its flowers are of a bright rose.

#TUSSILAGE# : *

In spring and summer you can eat its leaves and shoots that
are in flowery stage. This plant is found in damp forests
and swamped Tundra. Its leaves thick and triangular shape
measures 7 to 25cm. in length. Green in the upper part and
whitish at the bottom. #Tussilage# comes out only in spring.
Its fleshy stalk is all entangled measures about 30cm.
crowned by a flowery top.

