Invasive Plant Atlas EDDMaps
I came across this site while doing some research and plant ID for a series of classes I'm taking called Master Naturalist (more of a broad overview of related naturalist subjects).
There is both a smart Phone APP and a website you can use at home.
http://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/index.html
EDDMAPS is the Early Detection Distribution MAPing System. I can use it to confirm and report a plant once I have made the ID.
It is a resource to input your findings as well as view the findings of others. It is very extensive and impressive. The index is organized by; Aquatics, Grasses, Herbs/Forbs, Shrubs/Subshrubs, Trees, Vines, All Species and Images. The index is alphabetical by Scientific Name to the right of the common name.
The available information regarding edible or medicinal properties is minimal and varied if included at all. This is a invasive plant database after all. I guess this database has been around a while so not all the entries have a documented location that included GPS coordinates. Some of the locations has directions like two miles past the Kingsford plant east on Rout 33.
I just started using this. I can look at a County in any state I plan on visiting, scan the list and look up plants I'm interested in. This sometimes helps with a quicker ID when at my final location.
Both edible and nasty rash causing plant Wild Parsnip.
Here is one of those Know your plants and how to use them.
BE CAREFUL WITH WILD PARSNIP... There is a photo reacting chemical in the plant that will cause burns blisters and welts on skin that has been exposed to the plant. For instance, If you weedwhack and get bits on your skin most folks can get blisters.
http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/html/storie...99/parsnip.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pf...rmatitis_Draft
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ermatitis.jpeg
With all that considered, It is edible.
http://www.countrysidemag.com/91-3/samuel_thayer/
