RHH's photos with the keyword: food

Common Camas is well named since it is one of most common wildflowers in the Pacific Northwest. We have seen fields and prairies covered with thousands of them in bloom. They were also an important food source for native Americans who dug and ate the bulbs. These were photographed in eastern Washington, but they grow west of the mountains as well.

Taken at the local Northwest Washington Fair.

Salmonberry is shrub native to the Pacific Northwest which produces edible fruit. The plant blooms in the early spring and produces its fruit throughout the summer at different elevations. The fruits look like large orange-red raspberries and taste like a bland version of that fruit. The berries were an important food source for the native peoples and were often used in producing pemmican, a mix of dried meat and berries. They are supposed to have gotten their name from the fact that they were mixed with the dried meat or roe of salmon. If you are interested there are several postings on my blog that have to do with plants and wildflowers native native to the Pacific Northwest: ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/ .