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Description: A widely recognized plant with bright yellow flowers and deeply toothed, lance-shaped leaves. How to Identify: - Look for yellow flower heads that turn into round, white, puffy seed balls. - Notice the basal rosette of leaves with characteristic jagged edges. - Check for a single flower on each unbranched stem.

Description: A low-growing, mat-forming plant with small, star-shaped white flowers and opposite leaves. How to Identify: - Look for tiny white flowers with five deeply divided petals. - Notice the smooth, oval leaves growing opposite each other on the stem. - Pinch the stem to find a single line of hair running along it.

Description: A North American species of wild onion with broad, smooth, edible leaves and a strong garlic-onion flavor. How to Identify: - Look for broad, green leaves that emerge in pairs from the ground in early spring. - Dig carefully to find the white bulb at the base of the leaves. - Crush the leaves to smell the garlic-onion scent.

Description: A succulent groundcover with fleshy leaves and small yellow flowers. How to Identify: - Feel for thick, smooth, oval leaves arranged alternately or in clusters. - Spot the yellow flowers that open only for a few hours, mostly in the morning. - Recognize the red stems that are often prostrate on the ground.

Description: Perennial vegetable with tall, feathery foliage and spears that rise straight from the ground. How to Identify: - Search for new spears in the spring, which resemble the cultivated asparagus. - Notice the mature plants with tall, feather-like foliage. - Locate the plant in sunny areas with well-drained soil.

Description: This plant boasts broad, oval to lance-shaped leaves with parallel veins and compact flower spikes. How to Identify: - Check for rosettes of green, oval leaves with 5 to 7 parallel veins. - Identify the small greenish-brown flowers on a tall central spike. - Feel the slightly ribbed texture of the leaves.

Description: The young, coiled fronds of certain fern species that are harvested as a vegetable. How to Identify: - Look for the distinctive curled shape resembling the head of a fiddle. - Ensure you're identifying edible species such as the ostrich fern. - Find fiddleheads in moist, forested areas, often beside rivers and streams.

Description: An upright plant with toothed, pointed leaves and tiny greenish flowers. Known for its stinging hairs. How to Identify: - Observe the heart-shaped leaves with a tapered point and serrated margin. - Feel the stinging hairs (carefully!) that cause a burning sensation. - Look for clustered greenish or brownish flowers.

Description: Tall, grass-like aquatic plant with dense brown cylindrical flower spikes. How to Identify: - Recognize the unique, brown, cigar-shaped flower spikes at the plant's top. - Observe the long, flat, sword-like leaves that can reach several feet in height. - Look for plants growing in or near water, like marshes and pond edges.

Description: This is a tall biennial plant with a rosette of furry, silver-green leaves and a spike of yellow flowers. How to Identify: - Feel the large, soft, furry leaves that can grow up to a foot long. - Observe the dense, yellow flower spike that grows from the center of the leaf rosette in the second year. - Look for a tall, singular stem that can reach up to 2 meters.

Description: A weedy plant with goosefoot-shaped leaves covered in a white powdery coating. How to Identify: - Notice the gray-green leaves with a white powdery substance, especially on the undersides. - Identify the small, green or pink flowers that form in spikes or clusters. - Locate a plant that can grow in a variety of disturbed soils.

Description: Small, low-growing plant with three-part compound leaves and white flowers. Edible red berries are a familiar sight. How to Identify: - Search for white flowers with five petals above trio of green leaves. - Spot the small, red strawberries with tiny seeds on the surface. - Locate the plant low to the ground, often in sunny areas.

Description: A grass-like plant with a distinctive garlic smell and spherical clusters of white flowers. How to Identify: - Crush the leaves or stem to release the garlic-like odor. - Look for round umbels of small, star-shaped flowers atop a long and slender stem. - Identify the thin, tube-shaped green leaves that grow from the base.

Description: A delicate plant with heart-shaped, clover-like leaves and small yellow, pink, or white flowers. How to Identify: - Look for leaves that fold at the central vein in bright sunlight or when disturbed. - Identify the five-petaled flowers attached to thin, wiry stems. - Locate the seed pods that are cylindrical and can 'explode' when ripe.