CLOVER (WHITE)
About White Clover
A very common weed in almost everyone’s yard. Its white flowers and leaves offer similar taste and nutrition as red clover.
Primary use
food source
Edible parts
Leaves, Flowers, Roots
Medicinal
Cleansing the blood, treating sores, wounds.
Foraging Plant information list
This is not a complete list, this is a list of the species I have directly witnessed in my travels here in Northwest Ontario. If you find something before I do, email me and let me know.
Lambs Quarters
Joe Pye Weed
Cattails
Labrador Tea
Creeping Charlie (Ground Ivy)
Chickweed
Clover (Red)
Clover (White)
Clover (Sweet White)
Fiddleheads
Fireweed
Goldenrod
Bull Thistle
New England Aster
Saskatoon (Service berry)
Blueberry
Pin Cherry
Hazelnuts
Raspberry
Red Currants
Cranberry
Thimble Berry
Cloud Berry
Squashberry (Low bush Cranberry)
Spruce Tips
Birch
Juniper
Willow
Identification
Small plants topped by white round flowers with maybe some red/purple where it connects to the stem. Typically under a foot tall.
Where to look
Along roadsides/disturbed areas. Lawns and mowed fields.
