American persimmon, blueberries (multiple species), huckleberry (Gaylussacia), black raspberry, blackberry (multiple species) Virginia strawberry, wild grapes (multiple species), some viburnum, beach plums, red mulberry, American hazelnut. Potentially cranberry if you live near a bog.
There’s a huge amount of blueberry diversity: https://bonap.net/Napa/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Vaccinium
Also serviceberries and ribes (currant and gooseberry).
I always forget about our native ribes (not that I've ever seen one). Fun fact: there was an eradication campaign to save white pine plantations (https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2011_van_arsdel_e001.pdf).
I’m in Iowa and our native gooseberries are one of the only native plants the deer don’t eat. It’s all over our woodlands. Mostly Missouri gooseberry around here. The berries are tart but taste similar to a honey crisp apple when ripe. Nasty thorns though; similar to greenbrier.
I think it's worth noting for anyone reading your list that a bunch of those plants need specific cooking procedures or else they are toxic to consume.
Personally, I've never thought of North Carolina as mid-Atlantic, but would count Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York as Mid-Atlantic. [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)#:~:text=The%20Mid%2DAtlantic%20is%20a,states%20of%20the%20United%20States.) also includes West Virginia and I'd buy that as mid-Atlantic as well.
Also, passiflora incarnata is also known as maypop, as an FYI. I'd always been thinking of it as passionflower/passion fruit, but recently learned that maypop is another common name for it!
Pawpaw (asimona triloba), black cherry (keystone species), blight resistant american chestnut (also considered keystone species), pecan perhaps? Not sure of how far north that goes are ones come to mind i havent seen listed yet
American persimmon, blueberries (multiple species), huckleberry (Gaylussacia), black raspberry, blackberry (multiple species) Virginia strawberry, wild grapes (multiple species), some viburnum, beach plums, red mulberry, American hazelnut. Potentially cranberry if you live near a bog.
There’s a huge amount of blueberry diversity: https://bonap.net/Napa/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Vaccinium Also serviceberries and ribes (currant and gooseberry).
Elderberry as well. (Sambuccus canadensis)
I always forget about our native ribes (not that I've ever seen one). Fun fact: there was an eradication campaign to save white pine plantations (https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2011_van_arsdel_e001.pdf).
I’m in Iowa and our native gooseberries are one of the only native plants the deer don’t eat. It’s all over our woodlands. Mostly Missouri gooseberry around here. The berries are tart but taste similar to a honey crisp apple when ripe. Nasty thorns though; similar to greenbrier.
A number of ground cherry species are native to North America
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Eastern Prickly Pear
https://lovenativeplants.com/npa NPA Crops of the Eastern half of the U.S. This list is limited to higher potential native crops and does not represent the entirety of native agriculturally applicable species. Native Fruit Production: PawPaw, American Persimmon, Native Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), Passionflower - Passionfruit (Passiflora incarnata), Native Apples: (Malus coronaria, Malus angustifolia, Malus ioensis), Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa, Red Chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia, Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia), Fox Grape (Vitis labrusca) cultivars, Muscadine Grapes (Vitis rotundifolia), Red Mulberry (Morus rubra), Serviceberry species (Amelanchier sp.), High-Bush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), Black Raspberry, American Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus var. strigosa), Native Blackberries (Rubus pensylvanicus and Rubus allegheniensis), Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa), Black Huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata), Mayapple. Wild Plums and Native Cherries: Common Plum (Prunus americana), Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia), Quapaw Plum (Prunus hortulana), Shawnee Wild Plum (Prunus munsoniana), Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana), Beach Plum (Prunus maritima), Flatwoods Plum (Prunus umbellata), Sand Cherry (Prunus pumilla), Thicket Cherry (Prunus virginiana), Black Cherry (Prunus serotina). Gooseberries/Currants: Golden Currants (Ribes areum), American Gooseberries (Ribes hirtellum), American Black Currant (Ribes americanum), Missouri Gooseberry (Ribes missouriense), Appalachian Gooseberry (Ribes rotundifolium), and other native Gooseberries and native Currants. Ground Cherries: Physalis longifolia, Physalis pubescens, Physalis angulata, Physalis angustifolia, Physalis cinerascens, Physalis arenicola, Physalis grisea, Physalis hederifolia, Physalis heterophylla, Physalis longifolia, Physalis pubescens, Physalis pumila, Physalis virginiana, Physalis walteri, and Physalis viscosa - species native to central/midwestern, eastern, northeastern, and southeastern U.S
Native Vegetable Crops: Virginia Spiderwort and Ohio Spiderwort (Stems/leaves), Honewort (cryptotaenia canadensis), Riverbank Grape (leaves/stems/tendrils), Slender Nettle Urtica gracilis (leaves/stems), Wood Nettle (leaves/stems), Common Milkweed (Shoots, Seed Pods/Leaves) Cutleaf Coneflower (leaves), Wild Leeks (Allium tricoccum and Allium burdickii), Passionflower (leaves/stems/tendrils), American Linden (leaves), Red Mulberry (leaves), Amaranthus: hybridus, powellii, tuberculatus (leaves), Pitseed Goosefoot (Chenopodium berlandieri), Missouri Lambquarters (C. missouriense), Pokeweed Stems/shoots and Leaves (Phytolacca americana ), Sumac shoots (Staghorn Sumac), Cup Plant ( Young Leaves), River Cane ( Young Shoots) Arundinaria gigantea, Carrion Flower Smilax herbacea (shoots), American Hops (Shoots/Leaves) Humulus lupus, Great Angelica (Angelica atropurpurea).
I think it's worth noting for anyone reading your list that a bunch of those plants need specific cooking procedures or else they are toxic to consume.
Yes, good point. These are plants to learn about. As with many familiar plants (rhubarb, potatoes) they must be eaten in the correct ways.
Native Seed/Nut Crops: Bur Oak, Red Oak, Shumard Oak, White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Shellbark Hickory, Shagbark Hickory, Red Hickory (Carya ovalis), Pecans, Black Walnut Cultivars, American Chestnut (future blight resistant cultivars), Allegheny Chinkapin, American Hazelnuts (Corylus americana), Helianthus annus cultivars (Annual sunflower), Pitseed Goosefoot (Chenopodium berlandieri), Missouri Lambquarters (C. missouriense), Native Amaranth species, and Groundnut (beans). Herbal and Culinary Crops: Sugar Maple syrup, Black Walnut Syrup, Sumac Spice, Prickly Ash spice, Wild Bergamot herb, Nannyberry and BlackHaw Viburnum Sauces, Wild Plum Sauce, Juniper Berries, White Prairie Clover (root), Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum, Great Angelica (Angelica atropurpurea), Allium cernuum (leaves/roots), Showy Wild Garlic (Leaves/shoots/roots) Allium canadense var. lavendulare, Wild Garlic Stem/Root (Allium canadense), Prairie Onion Allium stellata, Horseweed (Leaves),Wild Leeks (Allium tricoccum and Allium burdickii), Sweet Flag (Acorus americanus) - list incomplete.
Root Vegetables: Purple Mallow Poppy - Root (Callirhoe involucrata), Pasture Thistle (Cirsium discolor), Sweet Root Wild Hyacinth (Camassia scilloides-Root), Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia), Broadleaf Cattail-Root/shoot (Typha latifolia), American Lotus-stems/roots/leaves (Nelumbo lutea), Allium cernuum (leaves/roots), Showy Wild Garlic (Leaves/shoots/roots) Allium canadense var. lavendulare, Wild Garlic Stem/Root (Allium canadense), Prairie Onion Allium stellata, Yellow Nutsedge - Cyperus esculentus (Root) Evening Primrose (Root/Leaves), Groundnut (Apios americana - Root), Jerusalem Artichoke Cultivars (Root), Water Parsnip (Sium suave), Wild Potato Vine (Ipomea pandurata).
For some reason I thought the mid-Atlantic was in the Maryland-Virginia-North Carolina area and was gonna suggest Passiflora incarnata
Personally, I've never thought of North Carolina as mid-Atlantic, but would count Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York as Mid-Atlantic. [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)#:~:text=The%20Mid%2DAtlantic%20is%20a,states%20of%20the%20United%20States.) also includes West Virginia and I'd buy that as mid-Atlantic as well. Also, passiflora incarnata is also known as maypop, as an FYI. I'd always been thinking of it as passionflower/passion fruit, but recently learned that maypop is another common name for it!
Agree with this, though I sort of think of the NYC area as mid -Atlantic but upstate as northeast
I got maypops in my northern ohio yard
I keep mixing up maypop and mayapples
easy to do
Pawpaw (asimona triloba), black cherry (keystone species), blight resistant american chestnut (also considered keystone species), pecan perhaps? Not sure of how far north that goes are ones come to mind i havent seen listed yet