| Number |
Thumbnail |
Caption |
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| 1 |
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Chickweed (with grass mixed in). |
| 2 |
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Poison Ivy (Wildman always points this out). |
| 3 |
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Common milkweed. Must have white hairs on stem (use magnifying glass). This has leaf torn off to show milk. |
| 4 |
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Wood sorrel in bloom. Tastes lemony. |
| 5 |
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Sassafras. Root can make tea. Dried leaves can make filé. |
| 6 |
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Wineberries (Asian raspberries). |
| 7 |
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Wineberries (closeup). |
| 8 |
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Poor man's pepper |
| 9 |
 |
Garlic Mustard (second year). |
| 10 |
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Patch of poison ivy. It is all over this park! |
| 11 |
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Common spice bush. For a tea must be fresh leaves. |
| 12 |
 |
Black birch |
| 13 |
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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 |
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Pokeweed closeup. Has last year's stems. |
| 15 |
 |
Someone found a frog. |
| 16 |
 |
Blackberries |
| 17 |
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Dogbane. Poisonous. Looks like milkweed, but doesn't have white hairs on the stem. |
| 18 |
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Cattail. Lower stem in season now. Need to peal off outer leaves. |
| 19 |
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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 |
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Cleavers. They stick to you, as seen here. Good for urinary tract problems. |
| 25 |
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Cleavers. A field of them. |
| 26 |
 |
Greenbrier |
| 27 |
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Star of Bethlehem. Poisonous. |
| 28 |
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Mullein (surrounded by mugwort). |
| 29 |
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Lady bug |
| 30 |
 |
Black birch again |
| 31 |
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Burdock. Still okay in May. |
| 32 |
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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 |
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Field garlic. Leaves now tough, but bulbs good. |
| 36 |
 |
Garlic mustard flower |
| 37 |
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Blackberry flower |
| 38 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wine cap mushroom, young. |
| 54 |
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Wine cap. Steve points out the cog wheel. |
| 55 |
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Wine caps. Past their prime. |
| 56 |
 |
Wine cap. |
| 57 |
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Wine cap. |
| 58 |
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Ramp (wild leeks) |
| 59 |
 |
Ramp (wild leeks) closeup |
| 60 |
 |
Blood root. Not edible, for teas. |
| 61 |
 |
Bitter dock |
| 62 |
 |
Violets |
