Food in a survival situation – edible plants, animals and rations to survive in the wild
Introduction You can live for several weeks without eating but regardless, food provides life-saving energy...
Introduction You can live for several weeks without eating but regardless, food provides life-saving energy...
Successful use of plants in a survival situation depends on positive identification. Knowing poisonous plants is as important as knowing…
Water hemlock or spotted cowbane Cicuta maculata Parsley (Apiaceae) Family Description: The Water Hemlock, also...
Trumpet vine or trumpet creeper Campsis radicans Trumpet creeper (Bignoniaceae) Family Description: The large, vigorous,...
Strychnine tree Strychnos nux-vomica Logania (Loganiaceae) Family Description: The strychnine tree is a medium-sized evergreen...
Rosary pea or crab’s eyes Abrus precatorius Leguminosae (Fabaceae) Family Description: The Rosary Pea plant...
Poison sumac Toxicodendron vernix Cashew (Anacardiacese) Family Description: Poison sumac is a woody shrub or...
Poison ivy and poison oak Toxicodendron radicans and Toxicodendron diversilobum (previously Toxicodendron diversibba) Cashew (Anacardiacese)...
Poison hemlock, fool’s parsley Conium maculatum Parsley (Apiaceae) Family Description: The poison hemlock plant (also...
Physic nut Jatropha curcas Spurge (Euphoriaceae) Family Description: The Physic nut, or Jatropha plant, is...
Pangi or Keluak Pangium edule Pangi Family Description: The Pangi tree, also known as Keluak,...
Oleander Nerium oleander Dogbane (Apocynaceae) Family Description: The poisonous Oleander shrub (or small tree) grows...
Manchineel Hippomane mancinella Spurge (Euphorbiaceae) Family Description: The deadly Manchineel tree (sometimes written “manchioneel”) is...
Lantana Lantana camara Vervain (Verbenaceae) Family Description: The poisonous Lantana plant, also known as Spanish...
The poisonous Death Camas (or Meadow Deathcamas) plant arises from a bulb and may be mistaken for an onion plant.…
Cowhage, cowage, cowitch Mucuna pruritum (Mucuna pruriens) Leguminosae (Fabaceae) Family Description: Cowhage, also known as...
Chinaberry Melia azedarach Mahogany (Meliaceae) Family Description: The poisonous Chinaberry tree (also known as bead-tree,...
Castor bean, castor-oil plant, palma Christi Ricinus communis Spurge (Euphorbiaceae) Family Description: The castor bean...
Introduction After having solved the problems of finding water, shelter, and animal food, you will...
Plants can be your ally as long as you use them cautiously. Be sure that you know the plant and…
Many plants have the ability to synthesize chemical compounds that help them defend against attack from a wide variety of…
Yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) The yam bean, commonly known as Jicama (and also known as...
Yam (Dioscorea species) These plants are twining, tuberous vines that creep along the ground or...
Wood sorrel (Oxalis species) There are over 800 species in the Oxalis family. Wood sorrel...
Wild rose (Rosa species) The Wild Rose shrub grows 60 centimeters to 2.5 meters (24...