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Suburban Backyard

A typical backyard food forest plot

Allen Centennial Garden, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Zone 5

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Homestead Plot

Quarter-acre homestead-scale planting

Rodale Institute, Kutztown, Pennsylvania

Zone 6

Public Lands Edge

Woodland edge on public parkland

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio

Zone 6

Allen Centennial Garden, University of Wisconsin–Madison

23,373 sq ft

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Thuja plicata

Thuja plicata is a large to very large tree, ranging up to 65 to 70 m (213 to 230 ft) tall and 3 to 7 m (9.8 to 23.0 ...

Layer: Tall trees

Zone: 5-8

Width: 8.0

Edible: Yes

Edible parts: Inner bark

Edible uses: Gum

Light: Full sun, Partial sun/shade

Water: Moist, Wet

Soil: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay

Utilities:

fiber lumber dye antifungal gum +12 more

Native To: Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia , +5 more

Populus trichocarpa

Layer: Tall trees

Zone: 4-8

Edible: Yes

Edible parts: Flowers, Inner bark, Sap

Light: Full sun

Water: Moist

Soil: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay

Utilities:

lumber dye adhesive fragrance fire_starter +10 more

Native To: Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia , +9 more

Black locust

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a fast-growing tree that is native to the eastern United States. It is a membe...

Layer: Trees

Zone: 4-9

Width: 3.0

Edible: Yes

Edible parts: Flowers, Seed, Seedpod

Edible uses: Oil, Condiment, Drink

Light: Full sun

Water: Dry, Moist

Soil: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay

Utilities:

nitrogen_fixer oil fiber lumber dye +6 more

Native To: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois , +5 more

Warnings: Weed potential

Yarrow

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a perennial plant that is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, in...

Layer: Herbs

Zone: 4-8

Edible: Yes

Edible parts: Leaves

Edible uses: Condiment, Tea

Light: Full sun, Partial sun/shade

Water: Dry, Moist

Soil: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay

Utilities:

ground_cover dye compost essential_oil dynamic_accumulator +5 more

Native To: Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska , +137 more

Warnings: Weed potential

Urtica dioica

Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is a perennial plant that is native to many parts of Europe, Asia, and North America....

Layer: Herbs

Zone: 3-10

Edible: Yes

Edible parts: Leaves, Shoots

Edible uses: Oil, Colouring, Curdling agent, Drink

Light: Full sun, Partial sun/shade

Water: Moist

Soil: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay

Utilities:

oil fiber biomass dye compost +4 more

Native To: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria , +82 more

Warnings: Weed potential

Common bean

This entry describes all varieties of the common bean. This includes vining and bush/darf variaties and can have diff...

Layer: Vines

Zone: 2-11

Spacing: 16cm

Width: 0.4

Edible: Yes

Edible parts: Leaves, Seed, Seedpod

Edible uses: Coffee, Condiment

Light: Full sun

Water: Moist

Soil pH: 6.0–6.8

Soil: Light sandy, Medium, Heavy clay

Utilities:

nitrogen_fixer biomass dye antifungal

Native To: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras , +8 more

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Grey Birch

Trees lumber dynamic_accumulator fire_starter pioneer

Zone 3-6

Edible parts: Inner bark, Sap

River Birch

Tall trees lumber erosion_control crafting

Zone 3-9

Edible parts: Sap

Edible parts: Root

Anise Hyssop

fragrance

Zone 4-10

Edible parts: Flowers, Leaves

Irish Moss

ground_cover

Zone 4-8

Prairie Trout Lily

Herbs

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Root

Calligonum aphyllum

Shrubs gum

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Fruit, Leaves, Shoots

Golden Groundsel - Life Root

Zone 3-7

Lilium distichum

Herbs

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Leaves, Root

Artichoke

dye

Zone 5-9

Edible parts: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Stem

Swiss Chard

companion

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Leaves, Stem

Sea Beet

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Leaves

False sunflower

erosion_control

Zone 3-9

Edible parts: Flowers

Speargrass

gum fragrance

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Leaves, Root, Shoots

White Snakeroot

Zone 5-9

Cussick's camas

Herbs ground_cover

Zone 3-11

Edible parts: Root

Perennial Sunflower

oil biomass

Zone 4-11

Edible parts: Flowers, Seed, Stem

Edible parts: Root

Edible parts: Fruit, Leaves

Edible parts: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Currant-Gooseberry

Shrubs

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Fruit

Appalachian Gooseberry

Shrubs

Zone 5-9

Edible parts: Fruit

Trumpet Gooseberry

Shrubs

Zone 5-9

Edible parts: Fruit

Whitestem Gooseberry

Shrubs

Zone 5-9

Edible parts: Fruit

Orange Gooseberry

Shrubs

Zone 5-9

Edible parts: Fruit

Tall Wheatgrass

biomass soil_reclamation

Zone 5-9

Hedge Bindweed

Vines weaving_material

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Leaves, Root, Shoots

Strawberry Blite

dye

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Fruit, Leaves, Seed

Ivy

Vines ground_cover lumber dye hedgerow +4 more

Zone 5-11

Hard Fern

Shrubs ground_cover

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Leaves, Root, Shoots

Salmon Barberry

Shrubs dye

Zone 5-9

Edible parts: Fruit

Berberis amurensis

Shrubs hedgerow

Zone 5-9

Edible parts: Fruit, Leaves

American Pennyroyal

essential_oil fragrance

Zone 5-9

Edible parts: Leaves

Hyacinth Orchid

Herbs gum ink

Zone 5-8

Edible parts: Bulb

Downy wood mint

ground_cover erosion_control

Zone 4-7

Edible parts: Leaves

Hairy wood-mint or hairy pagoda plant

Zone 4-7

Edible parts: Leaves

Alpine Sweetvetch

nitrogen_fixer

Zone 4-8

Edible parts: Root

Edible parts: Fruit, Leaves, Seed

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