Universal Edibility Test

To avoid potentially poisonous plants, stay away from any wild or unknown plants that have--

• Milky or discolored sap
• Bitter or soapy taste
• Grain heads with pink, purplish, or black spurs
• Spines, fine hairs, or thorns
• Three-leaved growth pattern
• Dill, carrot, parsnip, or parsleylike foliage
• Beans, bulbs, or seeds inside pods