Spearmint - Mentha spicata
A strong smelling herb that is often cultivated
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Wild strawberry - Fragaria vesca
A common and easy to identify relative of cultivated strawberries
Monkshood - Aconitum napellus
A plant that is deadly poisonous, even through touch
Juneberry - Amelanchier spp
A naturalised tree with sweet, edible berries
Few-flowered garlic - Allium paradoxum
An invasive member of the onion family
Wild celery - Apium graveolens
The wild progenitor of cultivated variants
Honesty - Lunaria annua
An attractive member of the mustard family
Bullace - Prunus domestica spp. institia
Found in hedgerows and also known as wild green gage
Pink purslane - Claytonia sibirica
A pretty and tasty invasive plant
Blackthorn - Prunus spinosa
A hedgerow tree whose fruits are used to make a gin liqueur
Bilberry - Vaccinium myrtillus
The wild relative of the cultivated blueberry
Blackberry - "Rubus fruticosus"
Britain's most commonly foraged fruit plant
Alexanders - Smyrnium olusatrum
An aromatic plant introduced by the Romans
Sea beet - Beta vulgaris ssp maritima
The salt tolerant ancestor of modern beetroots and chards
Sea aster - Tripolium pannonicum
A salt loving member of the daisy family
Marsh Samphire - Salicornia europaea
A coastal plant found in estuaries and along mud flats
Rosebay Willowherb - Chamaenerium angustifolium
One of the first plants to appear on the site of a fire
Sea Buckthorn - Hippophaes rhamnoides
A thorn covered costal shrub
Sea Purslane - Halimione portulacoides
Found in estuaries and coastal flats, often in large numbers
Sea Rocket - Cakile maritima
Found in sandy coastal areas
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