Modification:Expanded Plants/Plants

This is a table of the real-life growths and growth seasons of plants found in Dwarf Fortress. It is a work in progress.

The values in this table will be incorporated into the Plant Fixes mod. Please feel free to help with the research!

A table of the biome distributions of these plants can be found here.

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

A

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Abaca
	Perennial Tree-like herb
		Tropical w/ decent rain & high drainage
			Pseudo-trunk Stem	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaf	Cloth fiber "Manila Hemp"	Every 3-8 months	Green	N/A
			Flower	None	No more than 1 month before leaves reappear	Red-orange	Shortly before leaves reappear
			Fruit	Contains seeds	Sometime after leaves reappear	Almost-white brown	??
			Seeds	Oil for soap only (oil not edible)	N/A	Black	N/A
Acacia
	Tree
		Tropical & subtropical dryish but not desert; needs full sun
			Structural	Low-value wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Several times a year	Yellow	??
			Seedpods	Edible cooked, contains seeds, dye?	??	Brown	??
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked	N/A	Black	N/A
Alder
	Broadleaf tree
		Temperate
			Structural	Mid-value wood; red & yellow dye from bark	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Spring	Green, then orange	Autumn
			Male catkins	None	Before leaves	Yellow/pink	Spring
			Female catkins	None	Before leaves	Brown	Late autumn
Alfalfa
	Perennial Herb
		Warm side of temperate; doesn't like salt; prefers direct sun.
			Stem	Edible when young (create sprout growth?)	Year-round	Light green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early/mid spring	Light green	Mid/late autumn
			Flowers	None	Late spring	Magenta	Early autumn
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	Mid summer	Green	Late autumn
			Seed	Plantable, edible cooked	N/A	Light brown to yellow	N/A
Almond
	Tree
		Subtropical - warm, dry summers; mild, wet winters. Not too heavily forested.
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Late spring	Green, then red	November
			Flowers	None	Late February	White	Late spring
			Whole almonds	Contains seeds	September	Light brown	November
			Seeds	Edible	N/A	Brown	N/A
Apple
	Tree
		Temperate; lightly wooded but not super forested.
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid-spring	Green, then orange, then brown	Early winter
			Flowers	None	Mid-spring	Pink, then white	Late spring
			Fruit	Edible, brewable	Mid-autumn	Red, yellow or green	Late autumn
			Seeds	None	N/A	Brown	N/A
Apricot
	Tree
		Mid-temperate to subtropical. Prefers dryish climates.
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid-spring	Green, then yellow	Mid-autumn
			Flowers	None	Very early spring	White	Somewhat quickly
			Fruit	Edible, brewable, contains seed	Mid-summer	Orange	Early autumn
			Pit/kernel	Edible, edible oil	N/A	Brown	N/A
Arrow Bamboo
	Perennial shrub-like herb
		Mid-temperate; tolerates both shade and full sun
			No usable or even interesting growths; going to leave it an unremarkable grass. (Too thin for timber.) However, it grows up to 18 ft tall; might make it a shrub? Stupid pandas and their needing bamboo to be a grass.
Artichoke
	Perennial Herb
		Subtropical to warm-temperate. Reasonable water & drainage.
			Stem	None	Year-round	Light green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid-Spring	Light green	Late autumn
			Bud w/ Heart	Edible/Brewable	Early summer	Light green	2 weeks later
			Flower	None	Immediate upon bud disappearance	Bright purple	??
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	Sometime after flower disappearance	Brown	Late autumn
			Seeds	Planting	N/A	??	N/A
Ash
	Broadleaf deciduous tree
		Temperate, OK with forests
			Structural	Mid-quality wood; blue dye from bark	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Late spring	Green, then yellow orange or red	Early autumn
			Flowers (male & female panicles)	None	Mid-spring	Purple
			Samaras	None	Summer	Green then brown, falls off in cloud	Mid-autumn
			Winter buds	None	Mid-winter	Brown	When leaves appear
Asparagus
	Perennial Herb
		Happy with saltwater; subtropical to moderately temperate.
			Woody stem	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			New shoots	Edible	Late spring	light green	Early summer
			Leaves "ferns"	None	Early summer	Green, then yellow in fall & brown in winter	Late winter
			Flowers	None	June	White or yellow	July
			Berries	Contains seeds	??	Red	??
Avocado
	Tree
		Tropical to subtropical rainforests
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None?	January	Light green	February
			Fruits	Edible (raw), edible oil	June	Green	October

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

B

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Baby Toes Succulent	Perennial Succulent (herb?)	Very hot desert	Flowers	None	Late summer	White or yellow	Mid-autumn
Bambara Groundnut
	Annual Herb
		Semi-arid tropical to subtropical savannah
			Stem	None	Year-round	Green?	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	40 days after planting	purple or yellow?	60 days after planting
			Seedpods	Contain seeds	Every 85 days, starting at pollination	Brown	30 days after appearance
			Seeds	Edible, plantable. Oil?	N/A	Light brown	N/A
Banana
	Perennial tree-like herb
		Tropical, medium to wet forest
			Pseudostem	None	A new one every 6-8 months	Green	Shortly after fruiting
			Leaves	Fiber for thread	New leaves with every pseudostem	Green	Shortly after fruiting
			Inflorescence (1/plant, at the "tip" of the bunch.)	Edible	No more than 2 months after pseudostem matures	Dark red	When the fruit falls
			Flowers (grow on the inflorescence)	None	Shortly after development of inflorescence	Pale pink	Appear in stages from base to tip; so about 2 months after appearing?
			Fruit (grow along the inflorescence, from the "base" of it, where the early flowers were)	Edible, brewable	4 months after flowering	Yellow or green	About 2 months after the first ripen (they ripen gradually from the base of the inflorescence to the tip)
Barley
	Annual Herb
		Temperate to subtropical forest/grassland
			Stalk	None	15 days after leaves emerge	Green, then brown	90 days after leaves emerge
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green, then brown	90 days after leaves emerge
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	50 days after leaves emerge	Green, then brown	90 days after leaves emerge
			Seeds	Edible, brewable, millable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Bayberry Bush
	Perennial Shrub
		Temperate marshes or other wet-to-medium. Saltwater OK.
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green	Late autumn (some are evergreen)
			Flowers	None	Mid-Spring	Yellow	Late spring
			Berries	Press for inedible oil & wax; contains seeds	Mid-summer	Light green, ripening to gray-light blue in autumn	Mid-winter
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A		N/A
Bayberry Tree (Chinese Bayberry)
	Tree
		Temperate to subtropical, well-drained, light tree cover at most.
			Structural	Low-quality wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	??	White	??
			Berries	Edible, brewable	Harvestable in November	Red	Not long - go bad quickly
Beet
	Biennial Herb
		Temperate, moderately wet, grassland to lightly forested
			Root	Edible, dye	Year-round	Dark magenta-brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	Late spring	Green	Mid autumn
			Flowers	None	Mid-summer	Green	Mid-summer
			Seedhead	Contain seeds	Late summer	Brown	Late summer
			Seed	Plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Bentgrass	Perennial Herb	Anywhere	Boring. No indication of edible seeds, flowers are small & green & look like a seedhead. Just leave it, whatevs.
Bilberry
	Shrub
		Temperate & subarctic with poor soil. Forests-shrubland.
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Spring	Green, then red	Fall
			Flowers	None	Mid-spring	Light red	Early summer
			Berries	Edible, brewable, contains seeds	Late summer	Dark purple	Early autumn
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Dark red	N/A
Birch
	Tree
		Temperate to boreal, any thickness veg
			Wood	High quality wood	Year-round	Cream to tan	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid spring	Light green, then orange	Mid autumn
			Male catkins	None	Mid autumn	Yellow	Late spring
			Female catkins	None	Early spring	Brown	Early Autumn
Bitter melon
	Herbacious vine
		Tropical & subtropical forests
			Vine	None	Year-round	Green, then brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible when young	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	June	Yellow	July
			Melons	Edible, contains plantable seeds; incidentally, used in place of hops in brewing!	September	Green, then yellow-orange (not edible when yellow-orange - overripe, too bitter)	November
Bitter orange
	Tree, arguably shrub
		Subtropical to mildly temperate. Needs full sun.
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	January	Green, then orange	??
			Flowers	None	Late spring	White	Early summer
			Fruit	Edible cooked, source of orange marmalade, orange oil - good with sugar	December ripening	Green, then orange	February
Bitter vetch
	Annual? herb
		Sub-tropical dryish (Turkey, Iraq etc.)
			Stem/Structural	None	?? little info remains	Green	??
			Leaves	None	??	Green, look like honey locust	??
			Flowers	None	??	White to light purple	??
			Pods	Contains seeds	??	Brown	??
			Seeds	Edible COOKED ONLY, causes paralysis if undercooked	N/A	Brown	N/A
Blackberry
	Perennial shrub
		Temperate; tolerates poor soil; best in bright sun; not too wet
			Canes (structural)	None	Year-round	Wood	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green, then red-purple in autumn	Late autumn?
			Flowers	None	May	White	Early summer
			Berries	Edible, brewable, contains seeds; when eaten raw should not produce seeds	Late summer	Red when unripe, then black	Mid-autumn
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, plantable	N/A	Purple	N/A
Blood amaranth
	Annual herb
		Temperate to tropical, wet or dry. Requires direct sun, does not compete well against other plants.
			Stem	Edible when young	Mid spring	Green tinged with magenta	Early autumn
			Leaves	Edible, harvestable every 20 days or so - super crazy	Mid spring	Magenta tinged green	Early autumn
			Flowers	Hopi Red dye? May not be appropriate for fabric, was mostly used on pottery & as food coloring.	Late spring (70 days after planting)	Magenta-purple	Early summer
			Seedheads	Contain seeds	Mid summer (110 days after planting)	Also magenta-purple!	Early autumn
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour, plantable	N/A	Black for wild, white for domesticated	N/A
Blue sedge	Perennial? herb	Drought-tolerant, sun to part-shade, temperate to subtropical. Tolerates salt.	Pretty boring. Blue-green, but otherwise basic ground cover.
Blueberry
	Perennial Shrub
		Tundra to mild temperate, swampy to scrubby. Can deal with some woodland, but not downright forest. Will grow on mountains, Toady. :<
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Middle spring	Green, then red	Early-mid autumn
			Flowers	None?	Mid spring	White	Late spring/early summer
			Berries	Edible, contain plantable seeds. NOT dye, blueberry stain does not hold to fabric.	Early summer	Green, then red, then (when ripe) dark blue	Late summer
			Seeds	Plantable. Should not be produced when eating the berry raw.	N/A	Purpley red	N/A
Broad bean (fava bean)
	Herb, annual but doesn't die off except due to weather?
		Temperate to cold. Can handle a little wet but not too much, no dryness, some salt. Will not fruit above 70F or below 40F. Possibly divide into two plants - one a winter bean in warmer areas, one a summer bean in colder? Sharing each other's materials?
			Structural	None	Extremely early spring	Green	Hang around until killed - can we accomplish this with heatdamage & colddamage points on the structural material?
			Leaves	Edible raw, but this will reduce bean crop obvs.	Extremely early spring	Green	Hang around until killed
			Flowers	Edible raw	??	White	2-6 weeks later (depending on heat - hotter is longer)
			Pods	Contain seeds	80-100 days after planting	Green	Not long after? Beans are best when younger, and can only be eaten raw when harvested young - but can still be picked afterwards. A few different growths?
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, plantable	N/A	Green, then white, then black	N/A
Buckwheat
	Annual herb
		Short-season crop, needs drainage but not dry. Mid-temperate to cold-temperate. No higher than 90F after the first 4 weeks, then no frost until the full 12 weeks are over.
			Stalk	None	Early spring, Mid summer	Green	Dies in cold or when picked
			Leaves	None	Early spring, Mid summer	Green	Dies in cold or when picked
			Flowers	None	6 weeks after sowing	White	2-3 weeks
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	10-12 weeks after planting	Black	Mid autumn
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour, brewable	N/A	Brown	N/A

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

C

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Cabbage
	Bienniel herb
		Temperate, not too shaded
			Head	Edible with its leaves	Mid-spring, early autumn	Green	Late spring/Early summer
			Stem	None	Early summer	Green	Until plant dies (in DF, probably until heads come up again)
			Leaves (opened, on stalk, not head)	None	Early summer (of the second year, but this is DF)	Green	Until plant dies
			Raceme/flowers	None?	Slightly later than the stem	Yellow	?? Shortly after presumably
			Seed pods	Contains plantable seeds	a month after the flowers end?	Light brown	Only a few days!
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Chestnut brown	N/A
Cacao tree
	Tree
		Tropical forests
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round	ivory/pale yellow	N/A
			Cacao pod	Contains seeds	Year-round, with a 5-6 month ripening period	Green then orange	N/A
			Cacao beans	Edible cooked, ground to cacao paste, pressed to cacao butter (soap possible also) and cacao powder	N/A	Chocolate-colored!	N/A
Candlenut
	Tree
		Tropics with decent rain and good drainage. Slightly salt-tolerant.
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	January	White	March
			Nuts	Contains seed	September	Green, gray when ripe	December
			Seeds	Edible; millable; pressable for oil	N/A	Brown	N/A
Caper
	Perennial shrub
		Tropical or subtropical deserts
			Structural	None	Year-round	Purple	N/A
			Leaves	Edible cooked	Year-round?	Green?	N/A
			Buds	Edible cooked	May	Green	August
			Flowers	None	Slightly later May	White	August
			Berries	Edible cooked, contains seeds	June	Green-brown	September
			Seeds	Plantable, obvs	N/A	Brown	N/A
Carambola
	Broadleaf tree
		Tropical (forests?)
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Birch-like (under the bark), with a little pink?	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round	Lavender/pink	N/A
			Fruits (Starfruit)	Edible, brewable	Year-round	Green when unripe, then yellow	3 crops/year
Carpetgrass	Perennial herb	Tropical & subtropical wet - tolerates periodic submersion & deep shade	Nothing interesting - green leaves, no interesting flowers or fruits.
Cashew
	Tree
		Tropical woodlands; leaves spread wide, so not thick forests. Both drought and wet tolerant.
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Winter	Light green, then pink-red	Later in that winter
			Fruit w/ nut	Edible, brewable into urrac, attached to NUT, not seed	A few months after flowering	Green nut, then green fruit, then red-orange when ripe	Drop after a few weeks? No gathering from ground, they sprout.
			Nut	Contains one seed, but seed is surrounded by a caustic chemical! Might make for some FUN in processing - chance to produce blister-liquid in workshop?	N/A	Darker brown	N/A
			Seed	Edible raw or cooked, nut butter, oil	N/A	Light brown	N/A
Cassava
	Shrub
		Tropical & subtropical. Both wet- and dry-tolerant (but not desert).
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible cooked, with same syndromes as root (Note to self: test out if ingested syndromes via cooking is possible)	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Root/tuber	Edible cooked (chance of cyanide poisoning. Let's leave out acute poisoning but give a chance for the effects of chronic exposure via layered syndromes. A few layers in you get: temporary blurred vision, permanent liver, kidney, pancreas & motor nerve damage, esp. to legs. Progressively worse motor nerve damage if it's still eaten, eventually blisters on brain & organ shutdown.), brewable, grindable to flour (we'll say flour is non-toxic since though toxic flour is possible, best practices REQUIRE making it into flour)	Year-round	Light brown	N/A
			Flowers	None	July	Bright pink	January
			Fruit	Contains plantable seeds	70-90 days after pollination	Light green & Brown	70-90 days after the last flowers disappear I guess?
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Cattail
	Perennial herb (Currently implemented as a grass; should probably be a shrub. Honestly should probably just replace rope reed 1 for 1.)
		Native to temperate-to-tropical freshwater wetlands, but will grow almost anywhere near fresh or brackish water.
			Rhizome (starchy roots)	Edible cooked, flour	Year-round; usually harvested late autumn to early spring	White	N/A
			Stalk	Edible heart "Cossack asparagus" early spring thru mid summer. Jute-like fiber fabric.	Early spring	Green	Late autumn
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green	Late autumn
			Flowers	None	May	Sort of a brownish yellow	July
			Punks	Kapok-like seed fluff, possibly spinnable to thread? Contains seeds.	Starts at same time as flower, harvestable in early autumn	Brown, then white midway thru harvest	Late autumn
			Seed	Plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Cedar - going with genus Cedrus
	Evergreen conifer
		Mountains. This may be a problem? Maybe call it hills?
			Wood	High-value wood	Year-round	Brown, inside is lighter brown/yellow/pink/orange?	N/A
			Needles	None	Year-round	Bluish green	N/A
			Pollen cones	None	Late summer	Small and orange	Mid autumn
			Seed cones	None	Year-round, beginning small and green in late autumn, then ripening in the next early/mid-autumn	Green, then gray-brown	Late autumn/Early winter
Celery
	Biennial herb
		Temperate, partial to full shade, requires a lot of water. Low drainage good! Freshwater bogs.
			Stalk	Not actually eaten in wild varieties	Mid spring	Light green	Dies back in early winter
			Leaves	Edible	Mid spring	Dark green	Dies back in early winter
			Flowers	None	Early spring	White	Late spring
			Seed head?	Contains seeds	August	Brown	Septemberish
			Seed	High value edible, plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Cherry
	Deciduous broadleaf tree
		Temperate, any amount of shade or not
			Trunk/branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Late spring	Green, then red	Mid? autumn
			Flowers	None?	Mid-spring	Pink-white	End of mid-spring
			Fruit	Edible, brewable	Early summer	Dark red	Late summer
			Seeds	None	N/A	Brown	N/A
Chestnut
	Deciduous broadleaf tree, but does exceptionally well in pine forests apparently
		Temperate w/ good drainage but moisture
			Trunk/branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early-mid spring	Green, then bright yellow	Sometime in the autumn? Specifics hard to find
			Male catkins	None	Late spring, 2 months after leaves	Pale yellow	Mid summer
			Female catkins	None	Late spring, 2 months after leaves	Green	Mid summer
			Burrs	Contain edible nuts	Appear when female catkins leave, ripen 10-12 weeks later	Green	just 2 weeks after ripening!
			Nut	Edible, pressable	N/A	Chestnut	N/A
Chickpea
	Annual herb
		Full sun to partial shade; Dryish subtropical scrub
			Structural - non-woody but called branches	None	Mid-late autumn	Green	Until it gets scorching (early summer?)
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	Mid-late autumn	Green	Until it gets scorching (early summer?)
			Flowers?	None	50-60 days after planting	Light purple/white	Shortly before the plant dies off from heat
			Pods	Contains seeds	Ripe 100 days after planting	Green/bright light green	Until it gets scorching (early summer?)
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, flour	N/A	White/tan	N/A
Chicory
	Perennial herb w/ woody stem
		Temperate, cold-hardy, drought-tolerant, needs sun
			Stems	Good forage	Year-round	Dark green-brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	April	Green	October
			Root	Edible cooked, esp. ground	Year-round	White	N/A
			Flowers	None? Folk medicine.	June	Baby blue	September
			Seed pod	Contains seeds	July	Green, then brown	Early autumn
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Citron
	Broadleaf evergreen tree
		Tropics
			Trunk, branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Continuously, "several" times throughout the year	Purple for sour, light yellow for sweet	N/A
			Fruit	Edible-cooked (esp. in sweetened preserves) albedo (inner rind), which takes up most of the volume. Valuable (inedible?) oil for perfumes, could make valuable soap.	Year-round, producing several crops/year. Can remain on the tree for months, so may have a new crop of unripe citron while the ripe ones are still present.	Purple when very small, then green, then yellow when ripe.	N/A
Cloudberry
	Perennial (rhizomatous) evergreen herb
		Cold-hardy, but weak to salt & dry. Mountains, tundra, boreal forest. May also grow in temperate marshes.
			Stems	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Can be brewed into tea	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Late spring	White	Early summer
			Fruit	Edible, brewable, high-value preserves	Mid-late summer	White when new, red when unripe, orange when ripe	3 weeks later
			Seeds	Has not been successfully cultivated!	N/A	Yellow-orange	N/A
Coconut palm
	Tree
		Tropical wetlands (direct sun, high humidity, sand and salinity ok)
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Apical buds	Heart of palm (edible, high value, kills plant)	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	Sap from incising flower clusters ferments to palm wine	Year-round	ivory/pale yellow	N/A
			Coconut (drupe)	Edible, seed, coconut milk extract (cookable), pressed for coconut oil (cookable, soap) and coconut meal (cookable), includes coir and shell	Six years after germination, year-round, with a 12 month ripening period	Green then brown	N/A
			Coir	Fiber, spun to thread, coarse, salt-water resistant	N/A	white (young), brown (mature)	N/A
			Shell	Crafts, charcoal	N/A	brown	N/A
Coffee
	Tree (9-12m)
		Tropical forests (partial sun)
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Tea	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round	White	N/A
			Cherry	Edible, contains seeds (beans)	Three years after germination, year-round, with a 9 month ripening period	Green, then yellow, then, light red, then deep red	N/A
			Coffee beans	Seed, roasted and brewed for drink	N/A	white (unroasted)	N/A
Common reed
	Perennial grass
		Temperate & tropical wetlands; tolerates brackish water
			Stems	Edible when young, but let's say nah for implementation reasons	Year-round	Green in spring & summer; brown in autumn & winter
			Leaves	None	Spring	Green in spring & summer; brown in autumn	Winter
			Flower panicle	None	Late summer	Dark purple	Late summer
			Seed panicle	Contains seeds	Transitions directly from flowers	Dark gray, then gray, then white-yellow when ripe, then brown	Early-mid winter
			Seed(s)	Edible cooked & flour, plantable, probably brewable if you cared to try	N/A	Light brown w/ dandelion fuzz	N/A
Cotton
	I have this data already, will pull it in later when I get a chance.
Cottongrass
	Perennial rhizomatous herb (sedge)
		Temperate to arctic bogs & open wetlands. Needs sun & moisture.
			Stem	Edible raw or cooked, forage	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaves	Edible cooked (probably just lump in with the stem tho)	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	May	Brown	June
			Tufts	Stuffing (a la pillows, not turkey); contains seeds, but not easily farmable	June	White & fluffy	September
Cowpea
	Annual? herb
		Tropical/subtropical dryish places, even in sand
			Stems/stalks	None	Throughout the warm season; starting March-May?	Green	September-October?
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	March-May?	Green	September-October?
			Flowers	None	60 days after "planting"	Purple	90 days after "planting"
			Bean pods	Contains seeds	Every 4 months in season	Green, then yellow when ready, then white/tan as they dry out	Hangs out for a while; maybe a couple months?
			Beans	Plantable, edible cooked	N/A	White	N/A
Cranberry
	Evergreen shrub
		Temperate wetlands. Salt-tolerant.
			Vine	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	June	Pink	July
			Berries	Edible raw or cooked; brewable	September	Dark red	end of October
			Seeds	Plantable, edible cooked, seed pressed to edible oil	N/A	Dark red-brown	N/A
Cucumber
	Annual vine
		Tropics with full sun & well-drained but moist/high-quality soil.
			Vine	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round, refreshing every 50-70 days	Bright yellow	N/A
			Cucumbers	Edible raw or cooked, contains seeds	Year-round, refreshing every 50-70 days	Green	N/A
			Seeds	Edible, pressable for oil, plantable	N/A	Light tan	N/A
Custard-apple
	Deciduous? tree
		Tropical moist but not flooded; can tolerate drought. Full sun, wind breaks; not salt tolerant
			Trunk/branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	March	Green	November-December
			Flowers	None	March	Light green	May
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked, contains seeds, brewable	August	Green	November

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

D

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Dallisgrass
	Annual grass
		Tropical/subtropical, moist-tolerant, drought/desert-tolerant, some salt tolerance, full light to full shade
			Stalk	Forage	Year-round; planting starts at same time as rice	Green?	N/A
			Leaves	Forage	Year-round	Light green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round	Dark gray-purple?	N/A
			Seedheads	"Varagu" or "Kodo" or "Kodo millet" - contains seeds	Year-round, 2 crops/year	Dark gray-purple, then white-tan when ripe/dry	N/A
			Seeds	Plantable, edible cooked, flour, probably brewable	N/A	tan; or dark gray-purple	N/A
Date palm
	Tree
		Tropical dry (direct sun, low humidity)
			Wood	Wood (low value)	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Apical buds	Heart of palm (edible, high value, kills plant)	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	Male and female trees, Edible, Sap from incising flower clusters ferments to palm wine	Spring	white/light yellow	N/A
			Date (fruit)	Female trees, Edible, contains seed, process to barrel for date syrup (cookable)	Four years after germination, Autumn	Green (kimri), bright red (khalal), dark red (rutab), black (tamar)	N/A
			Date seed	Pressed for oil (cookable, soap)	N/A	brown	N/A
Desert lime
	Small tree/shrub
		Tropical (dry, tolerates salinity and mild freezing)
			Wood	Wood (low value)	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round (shed during drought/dormancy)	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Spring	white	N/A
			Desert lime (fruit)	Edible, rarely contains viable seed	Eight years after germination, Summer	Green	N/A
			Desert lime seed	None	N/A	brown	N/A
Dog's tooth grass	Perennial grass	Tropics, full sun, drought-tolerant, extremely salt-tolerant, wet tolerant also	Grass	None (Forage)	Year-round	Green, brown in winter	N/A
Dropseed grass
	Perennial grass
		Temperate to tropical, extremely drought and salt-tolerant, wet tolerant also
			Stems/leaves	None (forage)	Year-round	Green, "golden-rust" in late autumn-winter	N/A
			Flowers	None	July	Rust-tan	Mid-September
			Seedheads	Contains seeds	Octoberish?	Light tan	Late autumn
			Seeds	Edible cooked (gross low-value), flour (decent value), probably brewable (probably gross), plantable	N/A	Light tan	N/A
Durian
	Evergreen broadleaf tree
		Tropics with lots of rain & good drainage.
			Trunk/branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	Edible, but for balance we'll say not	February, then July	White	April, then September
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked, brewable, contain seeds	June, then December	Green & brown & spiky	August, then January
			Seeds	Edible cooked; sometimes candied	N/A	Chestnut	N/A

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

E

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Eggplant
	Perennial herb
		Grows wild only in the tropics. Drought-tolerant, crowding is bad, partial shade at most
			Stem	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Early winter	Light purple	Early spring
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked	Mid-summer	White or (heh) eggplant	Late summer
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Tan, almost orange	N/A
Elephant-head amaranth
	Annual? herb
		Likes heat, full sun, and not-desert. May separate out into temperate & tropical varieties, because life cycle is short enough to be a viable summer plant in the temperate zones.
			Stem/stalk	None	Year-round, or mid-late spring	Green	N/A, or late autumn
			Leaves	Edible raw/cooked	Year-round, or mid-late spring	Green and red	N/A, or late autumn
			Flower heads	None	Year-round (really!), or mid-summer	Dark blood red on a 7-ft "middle finger" stalk	N/A, or late autumn
			Seed heads	Contains seeds	Year-round, or mid-autumn; 2-3 crops per year in the tropics probably?	Brown	N/A, or late autumn
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour, probably could brew	N/A	Black	N/A

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

F

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Fescue grass	Perennial grass	Bunch of climates, including desert, wetlands, salt-tolerant, alpine, arctic; temperate & tropical; some woodlands; tolerates shade & sun	Boring, standard grass
Field sedge	Perennial? grass	Temperate wetlands & seasonally-wet lands	Boring, standard grass
Finger lime
	Evergreen broadleaf tree
		Tropical rainforests (understory plant) - NO FULL SUN
			Trunk/branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	February	White	April
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked; marmalade	August	Green or brown or purple - can look like dog poop	late December
Finger millet
	Annual herb
		Tropics, medium rain, good drainage.
			Stalk	None	Year-round	Light green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None	55 days after "planting"	Green	80 days after "planting"
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	100 days after "planting"	Brown and looks like a gnarled hand	130 days after "planting"
			Seeds	Edible cooked, plantable, mill to flour, brewable (even irl)	N/A	Red-orange	N/A
Flax
	Annual grass
		Temperate, full sun, cool season. Best in well-drained soil but can do wetlands too.
			Stalk	Thread	Early spring	Green	Sticks around til autumn. Stalk gives best thread if picked at 14-16 weeks; multiple versions of this growth, with different thread?
			Leaves	None	As stalk	Green	As stalk
			Flowers	None	10-12 weeks	Dark sky-blue	3-4 weeks later
			Seed pods	Contains seeds	17 weeks	Brown	20ish weeks?
			Seeds	Edible cooked, high-value oil, flour	N/A	Brown or golden	N/A
Fonio
	Annual grass
		Tropical semi-arid
			Stalk & leaves	None (forage)	Year-round?	Green, then golden brown when ripe	N/A?
			Flowers	None	6 weeks after planting	Green w/ hint of purple	8 weeks after planting
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	10 weeks after planting	Golden brown	18 weeks after planting
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour, brewable (irl)	N/A	Brown	N/A
Foxtail millet
	Annual grass
		Temperate dryish (but not desert?)
			Stalk & leaves	None	Late spring	Green	Early autumn?
			Flowers	None	60 days after "planting"	Red-brown ("foxtail")	16 days later
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	90 days after "planting"	Green-brown	120 days?
			Seeds	Edible cooked, brewable, flour	N/A	Beige-tan	N/A

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

G

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Garden Cress
	Annual? herb
		Temperate, damp, prefers shade
			Stalk & leaves	Edible, but only when young/before blooming	Early spring	Green	Late autumn
			Flowers	None	June	White	August
			Seed pod	Contains seeds; edible raw or cooked	August?	Green, then light gray when ripe	September/October?
			Seeds	Plantable, edible, pressable for oil	N/A	Red	N/A
Garlic
	Perennial herb
		Temperate to subtropical; bulb needs to be buried deep enough to not freeze. Most soil qualities; full sun.
			Bulb	Edible cooked; irl, is often broken into cloves & replanted, instead of seeds	Year-round, but underground.	Cream-tan	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green-onion green	Mid-autumn
			Scapes (flower stalks)	Edible raw or cooked (when young)	Early summer; picking should prevent flowering & increase bulb quality, but limitations	Green-onion green	Mid-summer, supplanted by full-on spathe
			Spathe (like a flower/seed head, except they're tiny bulbs!)	Edible raw or cooked	Mid-summer	Lavender-tan	Early autumn
			Bulbil (seed, except the "seed" is a tiny bulb)	Edible raw or cooked; plantable	N/A	Tan	N/A
Ginkgo
	Deciduous tree(?)/woody seed-fern
		Shade-intolerant; temperate; prefers well-watered, well-drained, but can grow in most soils. Particularly likes streambanks because sun.
			Trunk/branches	Mid-value wood	Year-round	Brown as a tree; golden-brown as logs	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Light green, then yellow in mid-late autumn	Early winter
			Pollen cones	None	Early spring	Yellow-green	Late spring
			Ovules/Fruit	Contains edible seeds	Tiny ovules in early spring; small fruits starting late spring; ripen to full fruit in late autumn	Green, then yellow-orange when ripe	Early winter
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, but contain a toxin that can cause seizures, esp. in children. A delicacy tho I guess?	N/A	Jade green (inside gray shell)	N/A
Golden bamboo	Evergreen bamboo.	Temperate; shade no more than lightly-wooded; moist but well-drained, but can tolerate drought	Goes yellow in sunlight
Grama	Perennial grass	Temperate & tropical prairie grass. Drought-hardy.	Boring standard-issue grass.
Grape
	Perennial vine
		Temperate to subtropical. Needs sun, no wetlands, not too dry.
			Stem/stalk/vine	None	Year-round	Green when young, then brown (turns around august)	N/A
			Leaves	Edible cooked	April	Green, then yellow in autumn	Mid-autumn?
			Flowers	None	May	Yellow	June
			Fruits	Edible raw or cooked, contain plantable seeds, brewable (high-value), jams & preserves	Late summer ripening; if counting unripe berries, late May	Dark red or yellow/green or yellow/pink	Early autumn
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked; plantable; pressable for mid-value oil.	N/A	Red-beige	N/A
Guava
	Evergreen broadleaf tree
		Tropical & subtropical; no salt; dryish to moist, occasional waterlogging but no full-on wetland
			Trunk & branches	Low-quality? wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Tisanes	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None?	Year-round, but particularly in mid-spring	White	N/A
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked, brewable, high-value preserves, contains seeds	Year-round, starting 90-150 days after flower fertilization; so let's say 3 renewals/year	Red-orange	N/A
			Seeds	Edible cooked, pressable to mid-value oil	N/A	Beige	N/A

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

H

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Hair grass	Perennial? grass	Everywhere!	Boring-grass grass.
Hard wheat
	Annual grass
		Temperate, moderately dry
			Stalk/leaves	None	Mid spring	Green, then brown	Mid-autumn
			Flowers	None	Early summer	Green?	Mid summer
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	Early autumn ripening	Green, golden-brown when ripe	Mid-autumn
			Seeds	Edible cooked, mills to semolina (NOT flour), brewable, plantable. Particularly good for pasta.	N/A	Tan	N/A
Hazel
	Deciduous tree/bush?
		Temperate, well-drained soil, full sun
			Trunk & branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid-spring	Green, then orange	Late autumn
			Male flowers/catkins	None, also causes allergies	Late winter	Yellow	Mid spring
			Female flowers	None	Early-mid spring	Red & small	Mid spring
			Nuts	Contain kernels	Early-mid autumn	Brown when ripe	Late autumn
			Kernels	Edible raw or cooked, ground to butter, pressed for oil, candied to praline	N/A	Brown	N/A
Hedge bamboo	Evergreen perennial rhizomatous tree-like grass	Cold-hardy for a bamboo. Well-drained, lightly-wooded to full sun.	It's a bamboo. It needs to stay a grass even though it's more like a shrub.
Hemp
	Annual? herb.
		Tropical, humid. Sun is good but shade is fine too. Not too boggy.
			Stalk	Fiber	Mid-spring	Green	Fiber is ready in 3-4 months. Mid-autumn
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	Mid-spring	Green	Mid-autumn
			Flowers	None	Early summer	White	Mid-summer
			Bud	Edible raw or cooked; potent drug	Mid-summer (is unfertilized flower)	Green	Early autumn
			Seed head	Contains seeds; edible raw or cooked	Late summer	Green-brown	Early autumn
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, pressable to oil, ground to flour	N/A	Beige	N/A
Horned melon
	Annual vine
		Tropical semiarid
			Vine	None	Year-round. Typically sown in early spring & autumn.	Green	N/A
			Leaves	Edible cooked	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	2.5 months before ripening	Yellow	2 months before ripening
			Fruits	Edible raw or cooked, brewable?, preserves, contains seeds	3-4 months after "sowing"; 2 crops/year tho	Green, then yellow-orange when ripe. Spiky!	1? month later?
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, plantable	N/A	Dried-corn yellow	N/A

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

I

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

J

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Jute
	Annual herb
		Tropical, moist, well-drained
			Stalk	Processed to fiber	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaves	Edible cooked	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	August	Yellow	August
			Seed capsule	Contains seeds	October	Green, then brown when ripe	November
			Seeds	Edible cooked, plantable	N/A	Black	N/A

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

K

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Kaniwa
	Annual/semi-perennial herb pseudocereal
		Humid to semi-arid mountains. Has not been widely tried in other places (geographically isolated from the temperate climes where it would do best), but has been successfully grown in England & Finland. Salt-tolerant, quite cold-tolerant. Probably OK in wetlands, because native to local elevation minimum. Probably requires full sun, because it grows above the tree line.
			Stalk	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	Year-round; refresh 2-3/year	Green when young, then yellow, pink, orange, or purple when mature.	N/A
			Flowers	None		Inconspicuous, no petals, do not actually open - near 100% self-polinating - can probably leave this growth out
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	100 days after sowing, and up to 3x/year. In the wild, effectively year-round I guess?	Burgundy; falls off in cloud	80 days later
			Seeds	Edible cooked, milled to flour, brewable	N/A	Dark brown or black	N/A
Kapok
	Non-seasonal deciduous broadleaf tree
		Tropical rainforests & swamps
			Trunk/branches	Wood; mid-value but very light	Year-round	Gray bark, light-mid brown wood	N/A
			Leaves	None	Beginning of the wet season (early summer)	Green	Beginning of the dry season (early winter)
			Flowers	None	Early/mid-winter, every ~5 years	White or pink. Closed during the day, open at night	2-3 weeks after first bloom
			Seed pods	Contains seeds; contains fiber. Kapok fiber is difficult to spin due to its short, smooth, brittle fibers. May not want to make it an option. May add a very short-lived growth just for the fluff, to let it fall in a cloud.	Late dry season (mid-late spring)	Green when green, brown when ripe, then split to show fluff.	Fluff to the winds after a week or two, before the leaves come back (late spring)
			Seeds	Edible cooked, pressed for oil.	N/A	Black	N/A
Kenaf
	Annual/biennial herb (mallow). Long woody stems like Jute.
		Tropical or warm-temperate; prefers well-drained soil but can deal with waterlogged. Decent drought resistance but no desert. No shade tolerance.
			Stems/stalks	Two types of fiber - coarse fiber from the bark, fine fiber from the core. Good for paper as well as clothing.	N/A	Green when young, then brown & woody.	N/A; ready for harvest 150 days after planting
			Leaves	Edible cooked	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	100 days after planting	Purple-maroon	Individually close after a day, but new ones appear year-round
			Seed capsule	Contains seeds	4 months after planting	Purple-maroon before ripe, then brown, then split open	6 months after planting
			Seeds	Plantable, edible, pressed to oil, milled to flour	N/A	Black	N/A
			Root	Edible but low-value	Year-round	Tan	N/A
Knotgrass
	Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes vines - big family
		Mountains, temperate open places, some wetlands, including salty ones. Also temperate pine forests. Also tropical wetlands, including salty ones. Also rocky wasteland. Probably open tropical fields as well.
			Stalk/leaves	Edible cooked (famine food)	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers (using water smartweed because pink)	None	May	Bright pink!	October
Kumquat
	Evergreen shrub or short tree
		Tropical humid, full sun to partly shaded. Some species can do wetlands. No salt.
			Structural	Barely-any, low-quality wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Early spring	White	Early summer
			Fruit	Edible (but less valuable) raw or cooked, valuable marmalade, brewable	Early winter	Apricot	Mid-spring

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

L

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Larch
	Deciduous Conifer
		Boreal forests, mountains.
			Trunk/branches	High-value wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Needles	None	Early spring	Pale green in spring; then dark green; then yellow in autumn	Late autumn
			Cones	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
Leek
	Biennial
		Temperate, well-drained, full sun to semi-shade
			Stalk/leaf bundle	Edible raw or cooked	Year-round	White & light green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers ("Scapes")	None	Mid-spring	White or Pink/lavender	?Late spring?
			Seed pods	Contains seeds	?Early summer?	Green, then beige when ripe, w/ seeds visible through thin skin	?Mid summer?
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Black	N/A
			Cloves (may skip)	Edible cooked	Year-round	White-beige	N/A
Lentil
	Annual, cool-season pulse
		Native to tropical winter but will grow in temperate summer; semi-arid thru middling-wet. Well-drained, full sun, loose soil. Does well in sand, best in clay.
			Stem/stalk/leaves	None	Mid-autumn in tropics, or mid spring in temperate	Green; turn yellow near seed maturation	220ish days after planting
			Flowers	None	90 days	Pale blue	200 days
			Seed pods	Contains seeds	150 days after planting	Golden-brown	220ish days after planting?
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour, brewable to lentil beer (first recorded in 2013 on a homebrew forum!)	N/A	Brown, yellow, red-beige, green	N/A
Lesser yam
	Vine
		Tropical moist forests
			Crown (stalk & leaves)	None	Year-round; generally planted at the end of dry season (middle autumn)	Green	N/A
			Tubers	Edible cooked, milled to flour; plantable; possibly brewable?	Year-round; ready for harvest after 7-8 months	Pale yellow	N/A
Lettuce
	Annual herb (daisy family!)
		Tropical or temperate. Full sun to partial shade. Middling drainage.
			Stem/stalk	Contains a mild narcotic. Probably won't implement, but it's interesting!	From planting	White	Til harvest; can overwinter
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked; but bitter/bad once the plant has bolted. Replace leaf growth with "bitter leaf" during bolting season/until it would be a "new lettuce" again?	From planting	Green	Til harvest; can overwinter
			Flower stalk/flower	None	When it gets above 75; let's say once every 1.5 months, from late spring to late summer	Yellow	Only open for an hour each! Let's say 1 week total.
			Seed head	Contains seeds	2 weeks after flowering ends!	White (like dandelion)	4 weeks after flowering ends
			Seeds	Edible cooked; pressed for oil; plantable	N/A	Dark brown	N/A
Lime
	Small tree or large shrub
		Tropical, full sun, mid rain, high drainage
			Trunk & branches	Low-quality? wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round	White	N/A
			Fruits	Edible raw or cooked; preserves	Year-round, refreshing in late spring	Bright green	N/A
Long yam ("Chinese yam" or "Japanese mountain yam" or "cinnamon vine")
	Annual vine
		Temperate, esp. forests/woodlands, but also open places. Esp in moist areas/wetlands. Salt tolerance unknown.
			Vine & leaves	None	April	Green	November
			Tuber	Edible RAW, or cooked; plantable; milled to flour; possibly brewable?	Year-round	Off-white to beige with small brown spots	Until harvested
			Flowers	None	June	White	August
			Bulbils (aerial tubers that hang off the vine like fruits!!)	Edible cooked; plantable; milled to flour; possibly brewable?	June	Potato-brown	September
Lychee
	Evergreen broadleaf soapberry tree
		Tropical wet, high drainage, full sun, no salt
			Trunk & branches	Low-quality wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Early March	White, green, or yellow	mid-April
			Fruits	Edible raw or cooked; brewable; preserves. May contain trace amounts of a toxin that causes brain damage in children?	early June	Green, then red-pink when ripe	mid-July

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

M

Work on M is in progress by a friend of mine who prefers to use a spreadsheet. If you're here to help, please begin with another letter. Thanks!

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Macadamia
Mahogany
Maize
Mango
Mangrove
Maple
Marsh thistle
Meadow-grass
Meadowsweet
Mountain avens
Mung bean
Muskmelon

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

N

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Needle Grass

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

O

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Oak
	Deciduous broadleaf tree
		Deciduous oaks are temperate, evergreen oaks are tropical. Any drainage, any salinity, not super dry.
			Trunk & branches	High-value wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green in spring & summer; orange or yellow in autumn; brown in winter	Fall off in spring as new growth grows
			Male catkins (female ovaries are inconspicuous)	None	March-April	Pollen yellow	Late spring
			Acorns	Contains seed	Ripe in mid-autumn	Green, then brown when ripe. Last a looong time.	Early-mid winter
			Acorn meat	Edible cooked, ground to meal, used as coffee substitute, acorn ale, preserves	N/A	Brown/slightly red	N/A
Oats
	Annual cereal
		Temperate. Cold-hardy, go dormant in heat. Need plenty of moisture.
			Stalk & leaves	None	"Plant" in autumn for overwintering	Green; dye off to brown in summer	Early summer
			Florets	None	Mid-April	Light green	Late April
			Seed head	Contains seeds	Early May	Green, then cream-colored when ripe	Mid-late May
			Seed	Edible cooked, millable, brewable	N/A	Cream-tan colored	N/A
Olive
	Broadleaf tree (evergreen)
		Tropical dryish, full sun
			Trunk/branches	mid-low value wood	Year-round	Light brown or gray bark, brown wood	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green-gray	N/A
			Flowers	None	Early spring	White, but inconspicuous	Mid-spring
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked, pressed for oil	Harvest begins in late September	Green to the end of November, black after that	early February
Onion
	Biennial/perennial herb, but usually harvested as annual
		Temperate; full sun or partial shade; good drainage; moist
			Stalk & leaves	None (May actually be edible like spring onion but whatevs)	Early spring	Green	Late autumn
			Bulb	Edible raw or cooked	Year-round	White or maroon	N/A
			Stem w/ umbel (flower head)	None	Late spring	White	Early summer
			Seed head	Contains seeds	Late summer	Beige, then tan when ready	Early autumn
			Seeds	Plantable, edible raw or cooked	N/A	Black	N/A
Orange
	Evergreen broadleaf citrus
		Tropical, moist, full sun, good drainage
			Trunk/branches	Low-value wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	March	White	April
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked, preserves; orange oil from the peel	November	Orange	April

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

P

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Palm
Papaya
Papyrus sedge
Paradise nut
Parsnip
Passion fruit
Pea
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Pearl millet
Pebble plant
Pecan
Pendant amaranth
Pepper (bell)
Persimmon
Pine
Pineapple
Plum
Pomegranate
Pomelo
Potato
Purple amaranth
Purple moor grass
Purple yam

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

Q

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Quinoa

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

R

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Radish
Rambutan
Ramie
Raspberry
Red bean
Red spinach
Reedgrass
Rhubarb
Rice
Round lime
Rubber tree
Rush
Rye
Ryegrass

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

S

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Saguaro
Sand pear
Satintail
Sawgrass
Single-grain wheat (einkorn)
Soft wheat
Sorghum
Soybean
Spelt
Spinach
Squash
Strawberry
String bean
Sweet potato

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

T

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Taro
	Perennial Herb
		Tropical wetland (native, also cultivated dry), high/medium soil fertility, any drainage, can handle some drought and flooding
			Corm	Edible (cooked), flour, folk medicine	All year	Brown (with light purple)	N/A (harvested when leaves start to die)
			Leaves	Edible (cooked), folk medicine	Spring/Summer (any period of warm wet weather)	Green, go yellow	8-16 months
			Flowers	??	Very rare (supposedly as result of farming)	Yellow, white, green	??
			Fruit	Contains seeds	Very rare (people plant the tubers)	Red	??
			Seeds	??	N/A	White	N/A
Tea
	Evergreen shrub / small tree
		Tropical (wet/dry), native habitat debated
			Structural	Wood	N/A	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Drink, folk medicine, stimulant, edible oil, tannin, dye	Some sources say continuous growth, others that there is a dormant period after seed production	Dark green	N/A (two harvests: early spring and summer, other sources say all the time)
			Flowers	Drink	Late autumn (rare on farms)	White petals, yellow stamen	During fruit growth
			Fruits	Contains seeds	??	Green, go yellow and red, then brown	??
			Seeds	Edible oil (not to be mistaken for tea tree oil)	N/A	Black/dark brown	N/A
Teff
	Annual cereal grain
		Subtropical / Tropical grasslands, swamps, marshes, very hardy, can handle limited drought and water logged soil, low/medium fertility soil
			Stems	Straw	Late spring - summer (seeds sown)	Green, goes yellow	Autumn/Winter (after harvest)
			Leaves	??	With stem	Green, goes yellow	With stem
			Seedhead	Contains seed	Summer	red/green (sort of flowers), then yellow	Autumn (harvest time), Gone by winter
			Grain	Edible (cooked at least), flour	N/A	White/light brown (wild relative would drop seeds)	N/A
Tomatillo
	Annual Herb
		Tropical, high drainage soil, high rainfall
			Structural	Poisonous parts used as folk medicine	Spring (planting time)	Green	??
			Leaves	Poisonous	With stem	Green	??
			Flower	Poisonous	??	Pale yellow	??
			Fruit	Edible (raw/cooked), contains seeds, husk poisonous	Summer/early autumn (harvest time)	Grows inside a green husk which dries yellow/brown, fruit itself green, by end bursts through dry husk	??
			Seeds	Edible (cooked at least)	N/A	Pale yellow	N/A
Tomato
Turnip
Two-grain wheat

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

U

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Urad bean
	Annual Herb
		Tropical (sources vary on dry/wet), medium to high soil fertility, high drainage
			Structural	Animal feed, fertilizer	Planted in summer or winter	Green	Two/three months
			Leaves	??	Quickly	Green	Two/three months
			Flowers	??	One month	Yellow	With bean pod development
			Bean pods	Edible (raw/cooked)	??	Green, goes yellow, then black	Two months (harvest time)
			Beans	Edible (raw/cooked), flour	N/A	Black, some dark green	N/A

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

V

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Velvet grass
	Perennial grass
		Temperate (open forest, woodland, marshes, grassland)
			Structural (leaves, stems, and all)	Grazing	??	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Summer	White with pale pink	Summer

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

W

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Walnut
	Tree, Alternate Bearing
		Temperate, moist, well-drained soil, not too hot. Grows especially well along riverbanks.
			Structural	High-value wood	Year-round	Dark Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early Spring	Green, then yellow, fall in clouds	Early Autumn
			Flowers (male first and then female)	None	Spring	Green	Late Spring / When seedpods appear
			Seedpods	Contains nuts, brown dye, tannin, ink	Late Spring / Early Summer, fall	Brown / Green	Late Summer / Early Autumn (when ready)
			Nuts	Edible raw or cooked, oil (food and paint), nut casing used for a few things most not period appropriate	N/A	Brown	N/A
Watermelon
	Annual Vine
		Tropical / Subtropical (dry season), full sun, needs open space as they spread and kill neighbours, can be grown on trellis
			Vines	None	Early winter (in original setting)	Yellow/Brown hairs on new growth, Green, brown when dry	??
			Leaves	Edible raw	With vines	Green, brown when dry	??
			Flowers	Edible raw	They grow quickly	Yellow, brown when dry	When fruit develops
			Fruit	Edible raw, but better cooked, Brewable, acts as major water source for animals, humans can survive on it alone for 6 months	??	Green / Light green (sweeter ones go more yellow), may fall (stem goes dry)	Mid-Winter (when ready)
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour	N/A	Black	N/A
White millet
	Annual grass
		Temperate (dry), any soil save coarse sands
			Stem	None	Spring	Green, goes yellow	??
			Leaves	None	With stem, but getting bushy by late Spring	Green, goes yellow	??
			Seedhead	Contain seeds	Late summer, early winter (when ready)	Green, goes yellow, wild varieties would drop these	??
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour	N/A	white/yellow (husks after milling: cream, yellow, orange-red, or brown)	N/A
White mountain heather
	Perennial shrub
		Sub-alpine, patches on ground and in crevices
			Structural (leaves, stems, and all)	None	??	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Spring	White with red bractlets	Summer
White yam
	Perennial Herb Vine
		Tropical (wet, some say dry too), very fertile soil
			Root	Edible (cooked), flour (dried rind)	All year (planted at start of rainy season)	Brown	N/A (usually harvested just before dry season)
			Leaves	Edible (at least other yam leaves are)	Wet season and after dry season	Green, go yellow	??
			Flowers	??	After dry season, rare and often sterile	White/green	??
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	Rare	??	??
			Seed	??	N/A	??	N/A
Wild carrot
	Biennial herb
		Temperate (dry/good drainage), tolerates poor/moderate soil
			Root	Edible raw/cooked (by second year too woody and needs cooking)	Late autumn to early summer (seeds sown), ready to harvest by summer same year	White	??
			Leaves	Some say edible, others poisonous (phytophotodermatitis)	??	Green	Autumn
			Flowers	Edible	Summer (second year)	White	Early autumn
			Fruit	Contains seeds, dried as kindling	Late summer / early autumn (second year)	Brown with yellow/white hairs	they get stuck to animals
			Seeds	Edible, dye, folk medicine	N/A	Yellow brown	N/A
Willow
	Perennial tree
		Temperate (wet)
			Structural	Light flexible wood, wicker, paper, fibre, medicine (bark), tannin (bark)	??	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Medicine	Early spring - early summer	Green	Autumn (semievergreen)
			Catkins	Edible (poor people cooked and mashed them)	Before or with leaves	Yellow, white	??
			Seedpods	Contains seeds	Summer	Light brown	??
			Seeds	??	Late summer	Green (hairy) (fall in clouds)	Late summer, early autumn
Winter melon
	Annual Vine
		Tropical (wet/dry), warm season, moist environment (when young, when established fairly drought resistant), well drained soil, frost kills, full sun
			Vines	Edible (shoots and tendrils)	Spring	Green, goes brown	Late summer, early autumn
			Leaves	Edible (raw/cooked)	Spring	Green, goes brown	Late summer, early autumn
			Flowers	Edible (raw/cooked)	??	Yellow, goes brown	As fruit develops
			Fruit	Contains seeds, edible (raw/cooked), takes months to spoil	??	Pale green, whiter with age (waxy) (white fuzz when young), folk medicine, candles (waxy coating),	Late summer, early autumn (fully ripe, but can be eaten immature), may drop from vine
			Seeds	Edible (not sure how), oil	N/A	Yellow	N/A

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

X

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

Y

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top

Z

Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Zoysia