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More plant identification #8129551 04/27/24 12:40 PM 04/27/24 12:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 1,561 Pennsylvania elsmasho82 OP trapper
elsmasho82 OP trapper Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 1,561 Pennsylvania	I feel like this is edible. And it has some Native American name but I can’t quite remember. I know you guys told me about the plant ID app I can install but my phone is old and I don’t have the room. Help me out

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129554 04/27/24 12:43 PM 04/27/24 12:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 25,706 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 25,706 Georgia	Plantain, not to be confused with the banana.

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129556 04/27/24 12:47 PM 04/27/24 12:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 1,561 Pennsylvania elsmasho82 OP trapper
elsmasho82 OP trapper Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 1,561 Pennsylvania	Thanks Warrior! If we start growing bananas in SW PA, I’ll eat my hat!!

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129576 04/27/24 01:51 PM 04/27/24 01:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,249 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,249 Alaska and Washington State	Yes, a common type of plantain. Don't know if it's edible. Goose tongue plantain is edible and good. It grows on sandy beaches just a short distance above the surf zone. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129579 04/27/24 01:52 PM 04/27/24 01:52 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,104 St. Louis Co, Mo B BigBob trapper
BigBob trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,104 St. Louis Co, Mo	Plantain is quite edible and is pretty good for you too. Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon. Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor. Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129586 04/27/24 02:05 PM 04/27/24 02:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 6,357 se South Dakota NonPCfed trapper
NonPCfed trapper Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 6,357 se South Dakota	Plantain can also used to take the sting out of bug bites and other minor analgesic issues. I haven't seem the purple stem bottoms before but you're in PA and that's a 1,000 miles from here so it might be another variety or variant. . "And God said, Let us make man in our image ï¿½and let them have dominion ï¿½and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129588 04/27/24 02:12 PM 04/27/24 02:12 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,702 Illinois foxkidd44 trapper
foxkidd44 trapper Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,702 Illinois	As previously mentioned,, plantain… extremely edible and nutritious… Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129598 04/27/24 02:34 PM 04/27/24 02:34 PM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 13,223 Ky J jbyrd63 trapper
jbyrd63 trapper J Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 13,223 Ky	Dandelion on steroids...

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129627 04/27/24 04:17 PM 04/27/24 04:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,393 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,393 East-Central Wisconsin	Plantain is in the hosta family. Plantain is mildly toxic to several animals but usually not severe, where as hostas are problematic for many pets and livestock. The stems are were the most toxicity is, Bryce

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129677 04/27/24 06:10 PM 04/27/24 06:10 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,252 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,252 Manitoba	BBLMI that is what i was told as well effects grazing cattle

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129716 04/27/24 07:54 PM 04/27/24 07:54 PM
Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 320 Mo T Trapper5123 trapper
Trapper5123 trapper T Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 320 Mo	My cows love plantain. They keep it killed out in pasture from grazing but it's a huge problem in my hay fields.

Re: More plant identification [Re: elsmasho82] #8129729 04/27/24 08:03 PM 04/27/24 08:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,953 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,953 williamsburg ks	When you see the sprouts that look like green seed heads try adding some to a stir fry Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

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