Index for Album F-2000-03-25: Foraging - Mar 25, 2000

Foraging in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill. For more on foraging see foraging.com.

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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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