| Number | Thumbnail | Caption |
| 1 | |
Chickweed (with grass mixed in). |
| 2 | |
Poison Ivy (Wildman always points this out). |
| 3 | |
Common milkweed. Must have white hairs on stem (use magnifying glass). This has leaf torn off to show milk. |
| 4 | |
Wood sorrel in bloom. Tastes lemony. |
| 5 | |
Sassafras. Root can make tea. Dried leaves can make filé. |
| 6 | |
Wineberries (Asian raspberries). |
| 7 | |
Wineberries (closeup). |
| 8 | |
Poor man's pepper |
| 9 | |
Garlic Mustard (second year). |
| 10 | |
Patch of poison ivy. It is all over this park! |
| 11 | |
Common spice bush. For a tea must be fresh leaves. |
| 12 | |
Black birch |
| 13 | |
Wildman holding pokeweed and telling story of how it must be prepared so not to get sick. This is the best time of year for this. |
| 14 | |
Pokeweed closeup. Has last year's stems. |
| 15 | |
Someone found a frog. |
| 16 | |
Blackberries |
| 17 | |
Dogbane. Poisonous. Looks like milkweed, but doesn't have white hairs on the stem. |
| 18 | |
Cattail. Lower stem in season now. Need to peal off outer leaves. |
| 19 | |
Cattails. Big patch of them. |
| 20 | |
Mugwort. All over the park. |
| 21 | |
Sweet gum. Smells like furniture polish. |
| 22 | |
Mulberry tree |
| 23 | |
Pineapple weed. Found in the middle of playing field. Drys well. |
| 24 | |
Cleavers. They stick to you, as seen here. Good for urinary tract problems. |
| 25 | |
Cleavers. A field of them. |
| 26 | |
Greenbrier |
| 27 | |
Star of Bethlehem. Poisonous. |
| 28 | |
Mullein (surrounded by mugwort). |
| 29 | |
Lady bug |
| 30 | |
Black birch again |
| 31 | |
Burdock. Still okay in May. |
| 32 | |
Burdock root that someone dug out. |
| 33 | |
Thistle. Edible root, but now out of season. |
| 34 | |
Woodpecker. Downey? One of the tour participants was a bird watcher. |
| 35 | |
Field garlic. Leaves now tough, but bulbs good. |
| 36 | |
Garlic mustard flower |
| 37 | |
Blackberry flower |
| 38 | |
Jewel weed. Good for rubbing on poison ivy and mosquito bites. Root, leaves, stems. |
| 39 | |
Hawk, immature |
| 40 | |
Grape vine. Leaves can be used for wraps this time of year. |
| 41 | |
Grape vine tendril |
| 42 | |
Purple flowering raspberry. Berries end of August to beginning of September. |
| 43 | |
Morel mushroom. Must be cooked. Rare in East, common in Midwest. |
| 44 | |
Mushrooms. Wildman not sure of type. |
| 45 | |
Small turkey tail mushrooms covering log. |
| 46 | |
Chickweed. Fresher here and still with flowers. |
| 47 | |
Fawn mushroom. Bad tasting, but not poisonous. |
| 48 | |
Older fawn mushrooms. Past their prime. |
| 49 | |
Collybia butyracea mushroom |
| 50 | |
Mica cap mushrooms |
| 51 | |
Honewart |
| 52 | |
Hard agrocybe mushrooms |
| 53 | |
Wine cap mushroom, young. |
| 54 | |
Wine cap. Steve points out the cog wheel. |
| 55 | |
Wine caps. Past their prime. |
| 56 | |
Wine cap. |
| 57 | |
Wine cap. |
| 58 | |
Ramp (wild leeks) |
| 59 | |
Ramp (wild leeks) closeup |
| 60 | |
Blood root. Not edible, for teas. |
| 61 | |
Bitter dock |
| 62 | |
Violets |
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