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Note that the common names of edible bivalves can be misleading, in that not all species known as "cockles" "oysters", "mussels", etc., are closely related. Ark clams , including: Blood cockle; Senilia senilis; Many species of true mussels, family Mytilidae, including: Blue mussels. Blue mussel; California mussel; Mediterranean mussel; Mytilus ...
There are also many wild edible plant stems. In North America, these include the shoots of woodsorrel (usually eaten along with the leaves), chickweeds, galinsoga, common purslane, Japanese knotweed, winter cress and other wild mustards, thistles (de-thorned), stinging nettles (cooked), bellworts, violets, amaranth and slippery elm, among many others.
Burdock (Arctium spp.) - was introduced to Europe, [12] leaves, flowers and roots are edible [13] Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica spp.) - was introduced to the United States from East Asia, [14] shoots are edible and the roots are used for medicinal purposes [15] Wintercress (Barbarea vulgaris spp.) - invasive, [16] leaves are edible [17]
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To employ this strategy, the plant has to be large enough for the mollusc to 'sit' on, so smaller macroscopic plants are not as often eaten as their larger counterparts. [44] Filter feeders are molluscs that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over their gills.
Nautilus (from Latin nautilus 'paper nautilus', from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος nautílos 'little sailor') [3] are the ancient pelagic marine mollusc species of the cephalopod family Nautilidae. This is the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and the suborder Nautilina .
The overall health of your nails can reflect your eating habits, says Destini Moody, RDN, a registered dietitian with Top Nutrition Coaching. “In fact, dietitians who work in clinical settings ...
The purple, non-fragrant, invasive flowers of the "Phaseolus giganteus" are said to have snail or snail-shell shaped flowers, hence the origin of the common name.The multicolored, fragrant, non-invasive flowers of the Cochliasanthus caracalla are said to have corkscrew or nautilus-shell shaped flowers, hence the origin of that common name.