Foraging in Prospect Park - March 25, 2000

Number	Thumbnail	Caption	Number	Thumbnail	Caption
1		Shepherd’s Purse. Better before it flowers. In garlic family. Scientific name: Capsella bursa-pastoris	2		Shepherd’s Purse with flower. Scientific name: Capsella bursa-pastoris
3		Japanese Yew in flower Scientific name: Taxus cuspidata	4		Chickweed. Getting warmth from step to get an early start. Scientific name: Stellaria media
5		Chickweed. Getting warmth from step to get an early start. Scientific name: Stellaria media	6		Broadleaf/Bitterdock. Too bitter to eat. Scientific name: Rumex obtusifolius
7		Field Garlic Scientific name: Allium vineale	8		Garlic Mustard. Second year. Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis
9		Garlic Mustard. First year. Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis	10		Gout weed. The park has lots of it. Scientific name: Aegopodium podagraria
11		Japanese Knotweed. Last year’s stalks. Good for flutes. Scientific name: Fallopia japonica	12		Japanese Knotweed. New shoots. Now edible, and will be for only a couple more weeks. This is a fast grower. Scientific name: Fallopia japonica
13		Mugwort. With a little gout weed mixed in. Scientific name: Artemisia vulgaris	14		Prickly Ash Scientific name: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
15		Prickly Ash. Closeup of trunk. Scientific name: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis	16		Black Raspberry. Note arching stems. Berries from 3rd week in June to 1st in July. Scientific name: Rubus occidentalis
17		Black Raspberry. Note red stem and white powder. Scientific name: Rubus occidentalis	18		Common Spice Bush Scientific name: Lindera benzoin
19		Common Spice Bush. Closeup of the flowers. See the bugs? Scientific name: Lindera benzoin	20		Wineberries Scientific name: Rubus phoenicolasius
21		Greater Celandine. Poisonous, used medicinally.	22		Lemon Balm. A cultivated one. Scientific name: Melissa officinalis
23		Chicory Scientific name: Cichorium intybus	24		Cultivated Plum Tree. Fruits in late June.
25		Cultivated Plum Tree. Closeup of flowers.	26		Dandelion. Young and sweet. Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale
27		Hazelnut Bush. In September can collect the nuts. Scientific name: Corylus avellana	28		Parsnips. Okay now, but not by April. Scientific name: Pastinaca sativa
29		Day Lilies. Some people can’t eat them. Can be confused with others that are poisonous. Scientific name: Hemerocallis	30		Bush Honeysuckle. Edible berries in May. Scientific name: Lonicera maackii
31		The group is at the curly dock. Scientific name: Rumex crispus	32		Curly dock. Leaves good until early May. Scientific name: Rumex crispus
33		Curly dock. A nice patch that has been there for decades. Scientific name: Rumex crispus	34		Curly dock. Also called yellow dock. See yellow root. Scientific name: Rumex crispus
35		Curly dock. One of the participants dug up a nice one. Scientific name: Rumex crispus	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. Scientific name: Trifolium pratense
37		Dandelion. These got some extra warmth from the walk and have flowered early. Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale	38		European cut-leaf blackberry. Note square stems. Scientific name: Rubus laciniatus
39		Bitterdock. Too bitter to eat. Scientific name: Rumex obtusifolius	40		Chickweed. Mixed in with grass and hard to harvest. This is what the winter crop looks like. Scientific name: Stellaria media
41		Burdock. Little leaves now. Scientific name: Arctium species	42		Garlic Mustard. A big one that would have decent roots (which are like horseradish). Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis
43		Common Plantain Scientific name: Plantago major	44		Narrow/Long Leaf Plantain. Not too good. Mostly for mosquito bites. Scientific name: Plantago elongata

Index for Album F-2000-03-25: Foraging in Prospect Park - March 25, 2000

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