| Number | Thumbnail | Caption |
| 1 | |
Shepard's Purse. Better before it flowers. In garlic family. |
| 2 | |
Shepard's Purse with flower. |
| 3 | |
Japanese Yew in flower |
| 4 | |
Chickweed. Getting warmth from step to get an early start. |
| 5 | |
Chickweed. Getting warmth from step to get an early start. |
| 6 | |
Broadleaf/Bitterdock. Too bitter to eat. |
| 7 | |
Field Garlic |
| 8 | |
Garlic Mustard. Second year. |
| 9 | |
Garlic Mustard. First year. |
| 10 | |
Gout weed. The park has lots of it. |
| 11 | |
Japanese Knotweed. Last year's stalks. Good for flutes. |
| 12 | |
Japanese Knotweed. New shoots. Now edible, and will be for only a couple more weeks. This is a fast grower. |
| 13 | |
Mugwort. With a little gout weed mixed in. |
| 14 | |
Prickly Ash |
| 15 | |
Prickly Ash. Closeup of trunk. |
| 16 | |
Black Raspberry. Note arching stems. Berries from 3rd week in June to 1st in July. |
| 17 | |
Black Raspberry. Note red stem and white powder. |
| 18 | |
Common Spice Bush |
| 19 | |
Common Spice Bush. Closeup of the flowers. See the bugs? |
| 20 | |
Wineberries |
| 21 | |
Greater Celandine. Poisonous, used medicinally. |
| 22 | |
Lemon Balm. A cultivated one. |
| 23 | |
Chicory |
| 24 | |
Cultivated Plum Tree. Fruits in late June. |
| 25 | |
Cultivated Plum Tree. Closeup of flowers. |
| 26 | |
Dandelion. Young and sweet. |
| 27 | |
Hazelnut Bush. In September can collect the nuts. |
| 28 | |
Parsnips. Okay now, but not by April. |
| 29 | |
Day Lilies. Some people can't eat them. Can be confused with others that are poisonous. |
| 30 | |
Bush Honeysuckle. Edible berries in May. |
| 31 | |
The group is at the curly dock. |
| 32 | |
Curly dock. Leaves good until early May. |
| 33 | |
Curly dock. A nice patch that has been there for decades. |
| 34 | |
Curly dock. Also called yellow dock. See yellow root. |
| 35 | |
Curly dock. One of the participants dug up a nice one. |
| 36 | |
Red Clover. Not too good right now. Best in June when it flowers. And the flowers are the best. The leaves are hard to digest. |
| 37 | |
Dandelion. These got some extra warmth from the walk and have flowered early. |
| 38 | |
European cut-leaf blackberry. Note square stems. |
| 39 | |
Bitterdock. Too bitter to eat. |
| 40 | |
Chickweed. Mixed in with grass and hard to harvest. This is what the winter crop looks like. |
| 41 | |
Burdock. Little leaves now. |
| 42 | |
Garlic Mustard. A big one that would have decent roots (which are like horseradish). |
| 43 | |
Common Plantain |
| 44 | |
Narrow/Long Leaf Plantain. Not too good. Mostly for mosquito bites. |
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