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Prostrate Perennials/Herbs 0-15cm (0-6in) for Temperate Food Forests

Rated 3, 4 or 5 out of 5 for edibility

Asarum canadense

Snake Root, Canadian wildginger, Canada Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger

Deciduous
Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9
Light Shade, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

Asarum canadense
3 3 3

Claytonia caroliniana

Broad-Leaved Spring Beauty, Carolina springbeauty


Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9
Light Sun
Moisture Moist

Claytonia caroliniana
3 0 1

Hedysarum boreale

Sweet Vetch, Utah sweetvetch, Northern sweetvetch


Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 3 to 7
Light Sun
Moisture Moist

Hedysarum boreale
4 0 3 Nitrogen Fixer Nitrogen Fixer

Hemerocallis darrowiana

Day Lily


Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9
Light Sun, Semi-shade
Moisture Dry to Moist

Hemerocallis darrowiana
4 1 2

Lomatium cous

Biscuitroot, Cous biscuitroot


Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 5 to 12
Light Sun
Moisture Dry to Moist

Lomatium cous
4 0 1

Mentha requienii

Corsican Mint, Mint


Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9
Light Sun, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

Mentha requienii
3 2 3

Oxalis acetosella

Wood Sorrel


Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 3 to 7
Light Sun, Semi-shade, Shade
Moisture Moist

Oxalis acetosella
3 2 3

Trifolium repens

White Clover, Dutch Clover, Purple Dutch Clover, Shamrock, White Clover

Evergreen
Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Light Sun
Moisture Moist

Trifolium repens
3 2 3 Nitrogen Fixer Nitrogen Fixer

Viola labradorica

Labrador Violet, Alpine violet, Johnny Jump-Up, Alpine Violet

Evergreen
Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 3 to 8
Light Sun, Semi-shade, Shade
Moisture Moist

Viola labradorica
3 0 2

Viola odorata

Sweet Violet, English Violet, Garden Violet, Sweet Violet, Florist's Violet

Evergreen
Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Light Sun, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

Viola odorata
5 3 3

Viola sororia

Wooly Blue Violet, Common blue violet


Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Light Sun, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

Viola sororia
3 1 1

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An important new book from PFAF. It focuses on the attributes of plants suitable for food forests, what each can contribute to a food forest ecosystem, including carbon sequestration, and the kinds of foods they yield. The book suggests that community and small-scale food forests can provide a real alternative to intensive industrialised agriculture, and help to combat the many inter-related environmental crises that threaten the very future of life on Earth.

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