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List of edible weeds found in Southern Tasmania
This is an incomplete list of non-native plants that are found in Tasmania for which one or more part thereof is edible by humans.

Plant parts named in the "edible portion" column are as follows
 * Leaves
 * Flowers
 * Stalks
 * Vegetable
 * Spice
 * Root
 * Seed
 * Nuts
 * Pollen
 * Inner Bark
 * "-tea" refers to making a drink by submerging the mentioned portion of the plant in hot or boiling water
 * "-coffee" refers to the roasting and grinding of the mentioned portion of the plant prior to mixing with hot or boiling water

Notes of Caution
As with eating any foraged food, eating any of the plants from the list above presents risks. The two main risks are through Poisoning and Contamination.

Poisoning
Several plants can be deadly in small doses. Three plants in Tasmania to be particularly careful of are
 * Ricinus communis or Caster Oil Plant
 * Conicum sp. or Hemlock
 * Parietaria judaica, Asthma Weed or Pellitory

Contamination
Some contamination risks are
 * Plants could be growing in a location where chemicals were dumped or used
 * Plants along roadsides can have vehicle exhaust fumes settle on them
 * Plants from a florist will likely have pesticide sprays on them
 * Plants could have been urinated or deficated on or near by dogs or other animals
 * Plants in gardens could be sprayed by gardeners (roses against aphids, etc)