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[Sherlock Terry <sherlocksmith@gmail.com>]

I know of butternuts (the ones that are surviving the canker) that live on regularly spring flooded riverbanks here. Ostrich ferns are also very popular, beautiful, and delicious, and survive and thrive in lots of soil types including wet areas. Also, I second the recommendation of elderberry and know of one spot with elderberry, highbush cranberry, black raspberry, and wild hops all growing together on the side of a riverbank. Sam Thayer's book "The Forager's Harvest" is a great resource for wild edibles (many of which can handle flooding). A lot of the plants he mentions are available in selected varieties from nurseries.

Link to book:
http://www.foragersharvest.com/

-Sherlock
Northern VT

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Kieran and/or Donna <holycow@frontiernet.net> wrote:

Oh, yes, black raspberries that were covered by the Tennessee river in a
spring flood in the 80's had their best crop ever that year.

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