Geoffrey, certainly pecans and hickories and their variants originated in the US. I assume that all of those western berries like salmon berries, logan berries, etc. did too, just as we have wild blackberries all over the south. The small native persimmon also is good to eat. Blueberries as mentioned, maple syrup - I'm an animal ecologist so this is out of my balliwick, but here are a few that haven't been mentioned <g>. cheers, g2
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