I made cedar tea by steeping needles in hot water. Slightly vanilla flavor.

In summer I like a tiny bit of pine sap in my moustache wax. Helps keep it firm & hold shape once it cools. Not needed in the winter though, the temperature takes care of that.

Sassafras roots make a good tea Dandelion roots in a tea in one of the most delicious drinks you can consume I made a hickory shell brew one summer that was interesting and pretty good

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I put mullberry leaves in my salads. A good alternative to annuals. They say lime leaves are edible but I must have the wrong kind, way too tough.

I like spruce tip tea in the spring. Alaskan Brewing Company's winter ale has spruce tips in it. It's good.

Funny you mention this because I just learned that the sumac is often tuned into a flavouring/spice used in cooking that gives a somewhat citrusy taste

Tree Crops by Russell Smith is an interesting read and it's public domain.

Neem powder in hot water - for an eye stye.... it's antibacterial and antiviral

Neem, moringa, papaya, lemon grass leaves.

Also turmeric root.

Lemonade from sumac berries.

Turmeric root and ginger root among other things in the fire cider we make and drink daily. I can feel it move through my body.

cinnamon

Japanese Knot Weed. Stems, shoots and roots.

I wild forage medicinal mushrooms and herbs, and make oils / tinctures from them. I can't recommend mullein enough for chest colds / coughs. Tea made from the dried leaves actually works like a cough syrup. It's my goto now. Little known fact is mullein flowers contain an aquatic tranquilizer, whi...

Oh and for folks who live in regions where box elder / Manitoba maple grows, it makes a good syrup from the sap. Like butterscotch. And since that tree is almost indestructible, you can draw a ton of sap from them in the spring and they just bounce back. My kids actually prefer this syrup to maple...

Oregon grape root tincture Pickled Douglas fir needles Also added them to mead Madrona bark tea Alder leaf tea