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Cattails

Common Blue Violets are among the edible plants one can find growing almost anywhere in West Virginia.

Cut cattail leaves are ready for a salad. (Photo courtesy Bill Beatty)

A ramp patch thrives in the forest.

Watercress thrives at the edge of a stream.

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