Ohio is home to about 1,800 native plants, and some of them get more love than others. The state wildflower, large-flowered trillium, is a spectacular sign of spring, and it's oohed and aahed over.

A beautiful plant with bright red and black berries came up in my perennial garden. A local nurseryman identified it as poke weed. He wasn't sure if it's the same plant eaten in the South called poke ...

Poke salad comes from young pokeweed leaves, made safe to eat through careful boiling. The leaves are boiled twice, drained, and often sautéed in bacon grease. It's a traditional Southern foraged dish ...