These are small fleshy or juicy fruits that are harvested from shrubs and herbs. You need to understand that in botany, fruits are classified in their own way (a tomato is considered a berry, and raspberries and strawberries are considered fruits). To avoid confusion, fruits are distinguished from berries mainly by their size. Humanity has been consuming berries for almost its entire century: even under the primitive communal system, gathering helped to survive. These fruits are appreciated even now: for their taste, low calorie content and rich vitamin and mineral composition.

Watermelon

Watermelon is an annual herb, from the Pumpkin family. It blooms in the first half of summer, with large, yellow, unisexual flowers. Watermelon fruits ripen in August-September. They can be spherical, oval, flattened or cylindrical, depending on the variety. The color of the watermelon bark is from white and yellow to dark green with a pattern in the form of a grid, stripes, spots. The pulp is pink, red, crimson, less often white and yellow. The taste of watermelon is sweet, juicy and tender.

Barberry

Barberry belongs to the genus of shrubs, less often trees, the Barberry family. These are deciduous, semi-evergreen (foliage partially falls off), evergreen shrubs or small trees, with ribbed upright shoots that branch at an acute angle. The bark is brownish-gray or brownish-gray. It also has another name - caramel tree.

Lingonberry

Lingonberry is a perennial, low, evergreen, branching dwarf shrub reaching a height of 10 to 20 cm. The leaves are small, petiolate, leathery, shiny. Flowers are pink-white bells, 5mm long, collected at the top of the branches in rare brushes. Blooms in May - early June. Lingonberries are small in size, bright red berries with a characteristic sweet and sour taste. Ripens in August-September. Lingonberry is a wild forest berry. Occurs in the tundra, as well as in forest areas, in the temperate climatic zone.

Elder

Elderberry is a perennial woody plant from the honeysuckle family. A shrub or small tree, reaching 3-10 m in height. The trunk and branches are gray. Leaves are opposite, petiolate, pinnate. The flowers are small, fragrant, creamy or yellowish-white. Blooms from May to the first half of June. The elderberry fruit is black and purple, berry-shaped. Ripens in August - September.
In the wild, black elderberry is found between shrubs on the edges of forests in the middle zone of the European part of Russia, in the Ukraine, in the Baltic States and Belarus, in the Crimea, in the Caucasus, in the southeast of Russia. Elderberry grows in both sunny and shady places. Reproduction is carried out by dividing old bushes, layering and sowing seeds.

Grapes

Grapes are a genus of plants in the Grape family, as well as the fruits of such plants, which are sweet berries when mature. Spherical or ovoid grapes, collected in more or less loose (rarely dense) bunches. The color of the berries varies greatly depending on the variety (yellow, greenish, dark blue, purple, black, etc. In total, more than 3000 varieties of grapes grow on the territory of Russia and the CIS countries.

Goji berries

Goji Berries ( common dereza) or Lycium barbarum refers to a group of plants with the general collective name "wolfberry". By the way, not all plants of this group have a toxic effect on humans - some of its species have unique healing properties. Since ancient times, goji berry has been used in Chinese medicine to increase libido in women and men, as well as to raise mood and improve well-being in stressful situations. It is believed that this plant contributes to the fight against cancer cells, improves immunity and prolongs life.

Blueberry

Blueberry is a small shrub up to 1 meter high with gray smooth curved branches. Leaves up to 3 cm long. Flowers are small, five-toothed, white or pinkish. Blueberry fruits are blue with a bluish bloom, juicy edible berries up to 1.2 cm long.
Sometimes blueberries are called a drunkard or gonobel because they supposedly get drunk and drive a headache. But in fact, the culprit of these phenomena is wild rosemary, often growing in the neighborhood of blueberries.
Blueberries are harvested raw and processed for consumption. Jam is made from them, and also used to make wine.

Cherry

A tree or shrub, usually with several trunks 1.5-2.5 m high, rarely up to 3 m or more.
Leaves are dark green, oval, pubescent below, strongly corrugated, with a pointed end. Flowers are white, white with pink (rarely pink), up to 2.5 cm in diameter. Cherry fruits are oval drupes, red when ripe, sweet (sometimes sour) in taste, finer than common cherries (0.8-1.5 cm in diameter), covered with a small downy. Depending on the region, they ripen from the end of June to the end of July, and on the same tree almost simultaneously; cherries bear fruit abundantly, usually in the third year and up to 15-20 years annually.

Melon

Plant of the Pumpkin family, a species of the genus Cucumber, melon culture, false berry.
Melon is a warm and light-loving plant, resistant to soil salinity and drought, poorly tolerates high humidity. On one plant, depending on the variety and place of cultivation, from two to eight fruits, weighing from 1.5 to 10 kg, can form. Melon fruits are spherical or cylindrical, green, yellow, brown or white in color, usually with green stripes. Melon ripening period is from two to six months.

Blackberry

A perennial shrub of the genus Rubus, belonging to the Rosaceae family. Blackberries are widespread in the northern and temperate latitudes of the Eurasian continent, in coniferous and mixed forests, in the floodplains of rivers, in the forest-steppe zone. There are practically no garden blackberries, therefore, lovers of this berry have to rely on the favor of nature and wait for a good harvest of this wild berry.

Strawberry

Strawberry is a perennial herb of the Rosaceae family up to 20 cm high. The rhizome is short, oblique, with numerous adventitious brownish-brown, thin roots. The stem is erect, leafy, covered with hairs. Leaves on long petioles, trifoliate, dark green above, bluish-green below, soft pubescent. Rooting shoots develop from the axils of the basal leaves. Blooms from May to July. The flowers are white, located on long pedicels. The strawberry fruit is a false one, incorrectly called a berry. It is an overgrown fleshy, fragrant, bright red receptacle. Strawberries ripen in July - September.

Irga

An amazing plant of the Rosaceae family. It is undemanding to growing conditions, can normally tolerate frosts down to -40 -50 degrees, and during flowering, frost to -5 -7 degrees. Irga grows well on soils of different composition and acidity. But there is an indispensable condition - if you want to get a harvest of large, sweet berries with the aroma of fresh berries, you need to give the irge a sunny place. Therefore, the irga bushes should be located at a distance of at least 2.5-3 m, unless you aim to grow a tall hedge, for which the irga is very suitable.

Viburnum

lat. Viburnum
A red berry with a fairly large pit. Viburnum ripens at the end of September after the first frost. Before that, the berry is quite sour with a bitterness, and under the influence of slight frosts it acquires sweetness. It is widely used in traditional medicine.

Dogwood

Shrub 5-7 meters high, sometimes a small tree. Dogwood has been cultivated by mankind for a very long time, historians report on the bones of dogwood found more than 5 thousand years ago on excavations of human settlements located on the territory of modern Switzerland. Today, 4 types of dogwood are cultivated in most of Europe (France, Italy, Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Moldova, Russia), the Caucasus, Central Asia, China, Japan and North America.

Strawberry

Strawberry is a perennial herb, 15-35 cm high, belongs to the Rosaceae family.
The stem is erect, the leaves are large, light green in color. Corymbose inflorescences of 5-12 flowers on short densely pubescent pedicels. The flowers are usually unisexual, five-petal, white, with a double perianth. Between the beginning of flowering of strawberries and the beginning of ripening of strawberries, a period of 20 to 26 days passes.

Cranberry

It is an evergreen plant, a shrub with thin and low shoots. The length of the shoots is about 30 cm on average, the berries of wild cranberries are red, spherical, 8-12 mm in diameter. Some specially bred varieties have berries up to 2 cm in diameter. Cranberries bloom in June, berry picking begins in September and continues throughout the fall. Plantation berries ripen 1-2 weeks earlier than wild ones. Cranberries can easily be stored until spring.

Red Ribes

Red currant is a small deciduous perennial shrub of the Gooseberry family (Grossulariaceae). Unlike black currant, the bushes are more compressed and elongated upward. Strong and thick annual shoots that grow from the base of the bush go to its formation and replace old, dying branches, but over the years their progressive growth fades.

Gooseberry

A perennial, multi-stemmed shrub with a long fruiting period and high yield - up to 20-25 kg from 1 bush. Gooseberry bushes reach up to 1.5 m in height and up to 2 m in diameter. Gooseberry is a plant of temperate latitudes, tolerates slight shading, but is quite hygrophilous. The gooseberry root system is located at a depth of 40 cm. It is best placed along the fence at a distance of 1-1.5 m from the bush from the bush. Over time, they grow, forming a solid barbed wall.

Schisandra

Schisandra is a large climbing liana shrub from the magnolia family. Its length reaches fifteen meters, and twisting around trees, lemongrass resembles a vine. The stem is 2 centimeters thick. The plant takes the form of a bush in the northern regions. Schisandra berries are 2-seed, bright red, juicy, spherical, very sour. The seeds smell like lemon and have a bitter, pungent taste. The bark of the roots and stems also smells like lemon, hence the name - lemongrass.

Raspberries

The deciduous shrub Rubus idaeus, or Common Raspberry, is found all over the world - from Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to Hawaii. Among the people, the fruits of raspberries are usually called berries, which does not correspond to their definition in the botanical classification. From this position, a more accurate name for the raspberry fruit is "polystyanka".
From the list of berry crops, raspberries stand out for their high concentration of antioxidants, which prevent damage to body cells and stop the aging process. This gives the right to call raspberries "the berry of health and longevity."

Cloudberry

A small perennial herb with a creeping, branched rhizome. The stem is simple, erect. 10-15 cm in height, ends with a single white flower. Leaves are wrinkled, heart-shaped, with a lobed edge. Cloudberry fruit is a composite drupe, at first reddish, and when ripe, amber-yellow. Cloudberry blooms in May-Nyune, ripens in July and August. The fruit is sour-spicy, wine.

Sea buckthorn

A shrub or small tree, reaching a height of three to four meters, with branches covered with small thorns and slightly elongated green leaves.
The sea buckthorn is pollinated by the wind, blooms in late spring. Fruits are small (up to 8-10 mm), orange-yellow or red-orange, oval in shape. The name for this plant "Sea Buckthorn" is very apt, since its berries are on very short stalks, on the branches they sit very closely, as if they are clinging to them. The berries have a rather pleasant sweet and sour taste, as well as a peculiar, unique aroma, which is quite remotely reminiscent of pineapple. That is why sea buckthorn is sometimes called northern, or Siberian, pineapple.

Olives

Evergreen subtropical tall tree of the genus Olive (Olea) of the Olive family (Oleaceae).
The height of an adult cultivated olive tree is usually 5-6 meters, but sometimes it reaches 10-11 meters or more. The trunk is covered with gray bark, knobby, curved, usually hollow in old age. Branches are knotty, long. Leaves are narrow-lanceolate, gray-green in color, do not fall off for the winter and renew gradually over the course of two to three years. The fragrant flowers are very small, 2 to 4 centimeters long, whitish, in one inflorescence from 10 to 40 flowers. Fruit - olives, elongated-oval in shape, 0.7 to 4 centimeters long and 1 to 2 centimeters in diameter, with a pointed or blunt nose, fleshy, olives contain a stone inside.

Rowan

Tree up to 10 m tall, less often a shrub from the Rosaceae family. Rowan fruits are spherical, berry-shaped, red, sour, bitter, slightly tart in taste. After the first frost, the fruits lose their astringency, become tasty, somewhat sweet. Blooms in May - early June. The fruits ripen in September, remaining on the tree until deep winter.
In nature, mountain ash is found in forests and mountainous areas of the northern and middle parts of the northern hemisphere. Quite easy to care for, most rowan trees look great for most of the year.

Thorn

Blackthorn is a shrub or small tree 1.5-3 (large species up to 4-8) meters high with numerous thorny branches. The branches grow horizontally and end in a sharp, thick thorn. Young branches are pubescent.
Thorn leaves are elliptical or obovate. Young leaves are pubescent, with age they become dark green, with a matte sheen, leathery. The fruits of thorns are generally round, small (10-15mm in diameter), black-blue in color with a waxy coating.

Feijoa

novolat. Feijoa
It is a green oblong berry native to South America. In size, feijoa is 5-7 cm in diameter and weighs about 20-120 g. When ripe, the fruit becomes very juicy with a slight sourness. A new plant was discovered at the end of the 19th century. in Brazil during a scientific expedition. In Europe, the first fruit appeared in 1890 in France. From there, the feijoa was spread to the Mediterranean countries, the Crimea and the Caucasus. The tree is very thermophilic and can withstand maximum frosts down to -10 ° C.

Physalis

Physalis vulgaris (perennial, cherry, marunka) is a perennial plant from the Solanaceae family 50-100 cm high. The underground shoots of physalis are creeping, woody, branching. Its stems are erect. angularly curved. Physalis fruit is a spherical, juicy, orange or red berry, enclosed in a fiery orange swollen, bubble-shaped. almost spherical cup, thanks to which the plant got its name physalis from the Greek word "physo", which means swollen. The plant blooms in May - August. Physalis fruits ripen in June - September. It grows everywhere in light forests, among shrubs, on forest edges, in ravines.

Cherries

This fruit plant is the oldest form of the cherry subgenus. It is believed that already 10 thousand years ago this tree was known in Anatolia, as well as in Central and Northern Europe. In the botanical classification at the level of the Rosaceae family, sweet cherry is a relative of the rose, and at the genus level it is the sister of the plum.
In medicine, cherry pulp, its seeds and even plant gum have been used for a long time, due to which certain traditions of using compositions based on it have developed. However, since 2007, when anti-cancer properties have been actively studied in the scientific world

Which berries are edible in the forest and which are inedible. Types, names and photos of berries. Providing first aid for poisoning with berries.

Edible berries

In summer, berries are the main source of food in the forest. We all know that they are edible and not edible. Let's see how to distinguish between them.

Nature, as usual, foresaw everything in advance, namely, creating poisonous berries, she rewarded the birds with the ability to distinguish them from edible berries. If you see an unfamiliar berry in the forest, take a closer look at the fruits and the ground around the bush or tree. If you see that a bird is eating these fruits, or there are traces of a bite on them, then they are harmless and suitable for human consumption.

These berries include.

• Blackberry. The fruits are a polystyrene of dark purple or even black color.
• Blueberry is a small shrub up to 50 cm high. The berries are round, dark blue. The inside of the fruit is bright red with few seeds.
• Boneberry is a herbaceous plant. The berry is bright red and consists of four small fruits. Each has a large bone inside.
• Strawberries. Everyone knows her. It is a small red berry with light brown seeds on the outside.
• Blueberries are a low bush. The berries are blue-gray, with a touch.
• Cloudberry. The fruit is a drupe. In the process of maturation, it becomes red-orange.
• Juniper is an evergreen shrub tree. The berries resemble cones, they are bright blue in color.
• Rowan is a tree. Fruits grow in bunches, ripen in late autumn. They have a bitter taste that disappears after the first frost.
• The familiar berry is raspberry. Forest is no different from home. Juicy and aromatic.
• Lingonberry is a small shrub that is always green. The berries are dark red, dense. Ripen in early autumn.
• Swamp berry - cranberry. Sour, rich in vitamin C.
• Rosehip is a thorny bush. The fruit is fleshy, covered with hairs, bright red, oblong.

All edible berries have a pleasant taste and smell. When using them, there should be no discomfort.

Inedible berries

Remember, plants that are too bright are usually poisonous. Coloring is their warning and protective sign.

These berries include.

First aid

If, nevertheless, poisoning with poisonous berries has occurred, measures should be taken immediately.

• First, you need to do a gastric lavage. Drink half a liter of boiled water and induce vomiting by pressing two fingers on the root of your tongue.
• Drink activated charcoal after cleansing.
• If the temperature is applied cold and take an antipyretic.
• After vomiting, fluid loss must be replenished. Therefore, drink 2 to 3 liters of water, alternating between boiled water and mild brine.

»Garden

Wild berries are a tasty and healthy product. Chefs use them to prepare masterpieces, and housewives find applications for berries in all spheres of life.

You can pick berries during the summer, autumn and even winter. Strawberries and strawberries appear first. It is best to pick them in early summer, when the berries are ripe and taste good. For lingonberries, blueberries, drupes and blueberries, they go to the coniferous forests. Berries such as cranberries and cloudberries grow near damp places. Most often in swamps or near streams or rivers. Raspberries and blackberries are a great dessert. However, when going to the forest, you need to pay attention that not all berries are edible. Poisonous berries are life-threatening!The most popular edible berries are listed below.

Lingonberry

Intense flavored lingonberry growing in dry areas of pine forests. These are small bushes with bright scarlet berries. You need to pick lingonberries by the end of summer - in the fall, when the berries are full and become dark coral in color. The fruits contain a lot of sugar, so good jams and jams are obtained from lingonberries.... Not only berries are used, but also leaves. They have disinfectant and other useful properties.

A plant with shoots creeping on the ground, only 30 cm high. The fruits of the stone bones are very similar in appearance to raspberries, both in shape and color. There is one bone in each drupe of the fetus. The berry tastes like a ripe pomegranate.... The berry finds a wide range of applications. It is often used for drinks and desserts. Tea is brewed with the leaves. It turns out fragrant, but slightly viscous. Homemade wine is made from the berries and even added to the production of vinegar and shampoos.

These large berries are dark blue in color and can be easily confused with blueberries. You can distinguish them by the size of the bush. The blueberry bush is 30 cm high, while the blueberry grows on the 90 cm high bush. The blueberry pulp is a watery structure with a greenish tint. You can pick berries in various types of forests. Most often, the berry grows in the hills and mountains. When collecting blueberries, care must be taken to ensure that wild rosemary leaves do not get into the basket along with the berries. The leaves are poisonous. Causes drowsiness, dizziness, and fainting. In contrast, blueberry leaves contain a lot of beneficial properties. On their basis, teas are brewed, infusions are made and used in cooking.

It is not recommended to give blueberries to children under 1.5 years old, to use for lactating and pregnant women. Eating berries is dangerous with the risk of diathesis.

One of the healthiest berries. Has a bluish-black color. Blueberries are a strong colorant. Having eaten a handful, a painted tongue can be observed for a long time. Grows on small bushes in damp and shaded areas. The berry is widely used in medicine. Blueberries contain many beneficial properties that help fight the formation of tumors, scurvy, and improve vision performance. The berry is useful for losing weight. The substances contained in blueberries help to speed up the metabolism. It is better to eat fresh berries, but for the winter you can dry or freeze blueberries.

Due to the one-time consumption of berries in large quantities, digestive problems may occur.

A medium-sized black berry, in appearance resembles a black currant. You can find it both in the shady and warmed up by the sun. It grows on shrubs or low trees. The best time to harvest elderberries is late summer - early fall... At this time, the berries ripen and become the most useful for humans.

It is imperative to pay attention to the fact that black elderberries contain only useful substances, and red ones are poisonous to humans.

Unripe elderberries, foliage and flowers are dangerous. For medicinal purposes, the berry is used in dried and processed form.... To preserve the elderberry for the winter, you need to pay attention to the storage conditions. The berry is quite susceptible to temperature and humidity.

Cranberry

Small, creeping shrubs with an evergreen color. Berries are common in all corners of the globe, but the best climatic conditions for wild-growing cranberries are high humidity and low temperatures. The fruits have a dense skin and a fiery red color. The berry has a specific, sour taste. Usually, the collection of cranberries begins in August, but the fruits can hold out on the plant until the beginning of spring, while retaining all the useful substances, and there are quite a few of them in cranberries. It is of great value as a medicinal plant, used in cooking for the preparation of drinks and various dishes. Has the property of being stored for a long time in frozen and dried forms.

Berries are contraindicated for people with intestinal diseases and acid-sensitive tooth enamel.

Advantages and disadvantages

All varieties and types of garden berries were bred on the basis of their forest ancestors. However, berries grown in horticultural conditions do not receive the same unique set of elements as when grown in a forest. It has long been known that wild berries are tastier and healthier. They are often used in pharmacology and medicine.

The main beneficial properties of wild berries are:

1. Berries grown in wild forests are not polluted by civilization... They absorb those useful substances that nature and the plants surrounding them provide, without the addition of chemicals or fertilizers.

Wild berries are an environmentally friendly product

1. Fruit contain a large amount of antioxidants, which remove toxins from the body, help maintain a figure in good shape, slow down aging, prevent diseases of the cardiovascular system, deterioration of general well-being, apathy, sleep disturbances.
2. Berries do not accumulate heavy metals... All harmful substances are retained in the roots, stems, leaves of plants. Therefore, when collecting foliage, you should pay attention to whether there are nearby industrial plants or routes.
3. Eating wild berries allows you to preserve consumed vitamins for a long time... Which is the key to good health in the winter.
4. Many berries are significantly reduce the risk of malignant tumors.
5. Antiseptic properties of fruits useful for those who suffer from diseases of the bladder and kidneys.
6. Blueberry contains substances that reduce the likelihood of blood clots in the vessels and the development of atherosclerosis.
7. When using wild berries improved visual acuity... Researchers have proven that with the daily use of natural forest berries, in the conditions of a modern lifestyle, good vision is preserved up to 55-60 years.
8. Berries such as raspberries are often used as antipyretic agents.... When sweat is excreted, the body is cleansed of substances accumulated due to an improper lifestyle. Raspberry strengthens the immune system, which allows you to more effectively fight colds and other viral diseases.

Raspberries are a good antipyretic agent

1. Not only berries have medicinal properties, but foliage, flowers, and sometimes plant roots. On their basis, infusions are made and teas are brewed. Plant parts can be used both fresh and dried.... Leaves have the ability to lower blood sugar.
2. The use of red berries, helps to increase hemoglobin in the blood... This is especially useful for the elderly. Before use, you need to pay attention to contraindications, if any.
3. Of course, wild berries have a real rich smell and taste... They absorb the aromas of the forest: pine needles, herbs and others. You can use it for making desserts, sauces, drinks. Berry delicacies will be useful for children. They will help strengthen and protect the child's body from harm.

Wild berries have few disadvantagesthat are lost against the background of the list of advantages. But it is still worth paying attention to them.

You need to eat berries in moderation. The fanatical use of berries in all walks of life can lead to health problems:

1. Disruption of the gastrointestinal tract
2. The appearance of rashes, redness, and in the subsequent development of allergies
3. The emergence of dental problems: the destruction of tooth enamel, the development of caries, increased sensitivity.

You need to be careful about the use of berries for people with diseases of the pancreas and liver, since an excess of certain substances can negatively affect the organs.

Wild berries are a storehouse of useful substances and taste. Their moderate use can give a long life, reduce the risk of disease and simply strengthen the body. And of course, aromatic forest berries will be a good addition to culinary masterpieces.

This article describes the edible fruits and berries that grow in the Siberian taiga.

Firstly, this is the well-known strawberry, which is called the "queen of berries" for its unique taste and aroma.

Distributed everywhere. You will find it in any meadow, in deciduous and mixed forest .. There is no it only in a purely coniferous forest. Collect it in June-July.

In general, being in the taiga, stay close to the water - several types of berries always grow near any stream.

For example:
(it can be black and red)

It grows along the banks of streams, rivers, in any wet wetlands. It can also be found far from water, but practically without berries. Bushes up to a meter high. Collection time July-August-September.

It grows mainly in damp, shady places, usually spreads like a carpet on the ground, but it can also grow in separate bushes (up to 10-15 cm) both in deciduous and coniferous forests. A characteristic feature is the presence of 1 to 6 berries on one stalk.
Collection time July-September.

Princess

Delicious berry with a very bright delicate aroma. It looks like a raspberry, it is easy to distinguish by its smell and by the size of the bush (the princess bush is no more than 10-15cm tall)
We collect it in August-September.

Blueberry

Low-growing (up to 30-40 cm) perennial shrub, prefers raw coniferous forest and open marshland.
Berries from greenish-blue to dark blue (depending on maturity). Very similar to blueberries, which, by the way, you can also find here.
Collection time July-September.

Evergreen perennial small creeping shrub. A frequent companion of blueberries, it grows almost always next to it. It can be found in coniferous forests on hills and rocky slopes, but usually without berries. Very similar to cranberries. Berries, depending on ripeness, from white to dark burgundy

Collection time July-August-September.
Lingonberry and blueberry (Lake Baikal)

Vitamin storehouse. Prefers sunny deciduous forest, but if you look you can find it everywhere.
Collection time: flowers May-June,
fruits July-August

In dense bushes, in the undergrowth of a coniferous forest, you can often find wild forest raspberries

Less often, on the banks of rivers in the forests of Transbaikalia, you can find such berries as sea buckthorn

Its name comes from the fact that the branches of this tree (up to 6 meters high) are densely covered in autumn with fragrant spicy berries, ranging in color from light yellow to red-orange. Very rich in vitamins, especially vitamins A and C.

Collection time August-September.

And, in conclusion, a couple of lines about one more gift of nature - the fruits of the Cedar Pine, which is mistakenly called simply cedar.

Pine nuts are a valuable food product, they can be eaten both raw and after heat treatment (they can be fried like sunflower seeds), they are a rich source of iodine. If you find pine nuts in the taiga, you will definitely not die of hunger) The protein of pine nuts is distinguished by a high content of lysine, methionine and tryptophan - the most deficient essential amino acids, usually limiting the biological value of proteins.
Cedar is very common in Western Siberia, Eastern Siberia and the Urals.

Cones ripen within 12-15 months. Usually harvested in August-September.

While in the forest, you need to distinguish between edible and inedible plants. The use of poisonous mushrooms and berries can lead to unpleasant consequences, the easiest of which will manifest itself as an upset of the gastrointestinal tract, and the worst - severe poisoning with loss of consciousness or cardiac arrest. Therefore, it is necessary to know what an edible berry looks like, so as not to eat an unfamiliar forest berry on occasion and to protect your children from eating it. About how edible berries look in the forest, what distinctive features they have, you can see in the photo below.

Edible wild berries: different from inedible berries

It is often difficult to tell by its appearance whether the berry is edible or poisonous. But birds and animals know how to distinguish between them. Therefore, if there are pecked berries next to a shrub or tree, the plant, in most cases, is edible. If you had to try at least one berry to taste, do not rush to eat another one, because you can determine its edibility by taste: poisonous fruits are bitter, astringent in the mouth, tart, and edible fruits are sour, sweet, juicy. When 3 berries are consumed, poisoning may occur, therefore, according to the taste of one piece, you can already be wary about the usefulness of the fruit. Particularly poisonous are the berries of a small spherical shape with a shiny, smooth surface of black or red color. They usually look more attractive than regular berry plants. In order to distinguish one fruit from another with one hundred percent certainty, you need to remember what edible forest berries look like from a photo.

Edible forest berries: photo

Wild fruits are highly prized for medicinal and nutritional purposes

The wild berry contains many useful macro- and microelements, vitamins, and other biologically active substances. Therefore, wild fruits are highly valued for medicinal and nutritional purposes. You can pick wild berries from early summer to late canopy, until the first snow cover appears.

Strawberry

Strawberry leaves and fruits are widely used for medicinal, cosmetic, nutritional purposes.

The plant is 15 cm tall with elongated red fruits. Grows in glades, woodlands, forest edges. Begins to bloom in early summer with white fragrant inflorescences. Strawberry leaves and fruits are widely used for medicinal, cosmetic, nutritional purposes. The berries are dried, decoctions and teas are made from it, it helps with diseases of the genitourinary system, gallstone disease, diabetes, and diseases of the digestive system.

Wild currant

There are black, yellow and red

Forest currant grows in almost every forest with the exception of particularly cold regions. There are black, yellow and red. Yellow is the sweetest of the three, and red currant contains the highest amount of pectin. Like homemade, forest currants are used to make stewed fruit, jelly, preserves, and the leaves are widely used in various decoctions. The medicinal properties of wild currants are manifested in the treatment of diseases of an infectious and colds nature, the circulatory system, and the gastrointestinal tract.

Forest raspberry

Most commonly used to treat colds and skin inflammations

Forest raspberries can be recognized immediately, since they are practically no different from garden ones. It is rich in medicinal properties; every part of this plant is used for medicinal purposes - stems, leaves, berries, roots. It is most often used to treat colds and skin inflammations.

Stone berry

It is used in cooking and traditional medicine.

A small herbaceous plant 30 cm high with small white flowers that turn into bright red fruits by the middle of summer, collected in a bunch of 1-6 pieces. The berries are sour in taste, contain a large bone inside. It is used in cooking and traditional medicine as a rich source of vitamin C, flavonoids, pectin, and phytoncides that help fight many diseases.

Blueberry

Blueberry leaves and fruits are used to treat enterocolitis, gastritis

Shrub about 1 meter high with bluish fruits. More common in northern regions, frost resistant. Harvesting blueberries is very difficult as the fruits are very unstable for transport. The juice is stored for a very short time and begins to ferment quickly. Blueberry leaves and fruits are used for the treatment of enterocolitis, gastritis, and also as an antipyretic, vaso-strengthening, anti-inflammatory agent.

Lingonberry

The most valuable medicinally are lingonberry leaves, and then the fruits

It grows mainly in pine forests of northern latitudes. The plant has a short stem, leathery leaves of a dark green color. The fruit is bright red in color with a sour taste. The most valuable medicinally are the lingonberry leaves, and then the fruits. It is a natural antiseptic and is also used as a diuretic, vascular strengthening agent.

Blueberry

The fruits help to improve vision, strengthen capillaries, and prevent the development of diabetes.

Blueberries are often confused with blueberries due to the bluish-black color of their fruits. Grows in moist, swampy soils. This is a small shrub up to 40 cm high, with elongated leathery leaves, the fruit pulp is sweet, red in color. The fruits are consumed fresh, they help to improve vision, strengthen capillaries, and prevent the development of diabetes.

Rosehip

Rosehip is valued for a storehouse of vitamins and minerals.

It grows throughout Russia; there are about 40 species of rose hips in the forests. The height of this shrub can reach five meters in height, it blooms with pink or white flowers. It is easily recognizable by the stems covered with thorns and fruits in the form of a false poly-root with an overgrown receptacle. The fruits are bright red or orange-red in color. Rosehip is valued for a storehouse of vitamins and useful microelements that help to replenish their deficiency in the body, as well as treat various diseases.

Sea buckthorn

Sea buckthorn contains many vitamins, flavonoids, trace elements, and antioxidants

Small shrub up to 3 meters tall with long green leaves. Young shoots have a silvery hue, later they turn into a rough bark. The fruits of sea buckthorn are oval, rounded, bright orange in color, growing in dense clusters on the branches. The extremely healthy sea buckthorn contains many vitamins, flavonoids, trace elements, and antioxidants. In addition, sea buckthorn is used in cosmetology and cooking. Excessive use is contraindicated in case of urolithiasis and increased acidity of the stomach.

Blackberry

Eating blackberries normalizes metabolism, improves immunity

Blackberries are bushy or long-fruited. Reaches a height of 1.5 meters, blooms with large white flowers. Blackberry fruits are similar in shape to raspberries, only black with a bluish bloom. The taste of blackberries is sour-tart. The use of blackberries normalizes metabolism, increases immunity, and infusions and decoctions from roots and leaves have a wound healing, anti-inflammatory and astringent effect.

Barberry

Barberry can replace lemon juice with its taste

The shrub grows mainly in the south of Russia, it has yellow flowers with oblong fruits of bright red color with 2-3 seeds inside. The berries are sour, but taste good. Harvesting ripe and overripe fruits is difficult as they are very soft. The greatest vitamin value is not berries, but the bark and leaves of the bush. Barberry can replace lemon juice with its taste.

Black and white mulberry

Black and white mulberry

A member of the mulberry family with hard toothed leaves, the black mulberry fruit is very fragrant and juicy, almost black or dark purple in color. White mulberry has greenish, yellowish or white berries with a sweet taste.

Black elderberry

Elderberry can be recognized by its characteristic aroma

The black elderberry grows in the south, and the tree can be up to 6 meters long. Branched stems with a porous structure, dark green leaves on short petioles. Baskets of flowers are white with a yellowish tinge, color, collected together and reach 25 cm in diameter. Elderberry can be recognized by its characteristic aroma. Berries are black with a small purple tint. Each part of the tree is used medicinally to treat urinary, dermatological, kidney problems and colds.

Cloudberry

Eating cloudberries has a very beneficial effect on almost the entire body.

A northern herb with 30 cm stems. As the berries ripen, cloudberries turn from bright red to orange. Grows among swampy thickets with abundant moss. The unique beneficial properties of cloudberries make it possible to use it as a remedy for many diseases, as well as a dietary product and means for the beauty of skin, hair and nails. Eating cloudberries has a very beneficial effect on almost the entire body.

Of course, not all edible berries that can be found in the forest are listed. But even those listed above are able to help strengthen the immune system if a cold has overcome in the forest during a hike, or to relieve inflammation, irritation, have an antiseptic effect, not to mention saturation of the body with vitamins and other useful substances.