| Number | Thumbnail | Caption |
| 1 | |
Central Park Lake |
| 2 | |
Central Park Lake |
| 3 | |
Cornelian cherry. Not in cherry family, but in dogwood family. |
| 4 | |
Cornelian cherry closeup. Not ripe yet. Will be ripe in Central Park in early August. |
| 5 | |
Mulberry tree. There are many in Central Park. |
| 6 | |
Mulberry tree closeup. |
| 7 | |
Mulberries on tarp. You spread out the tarp, climb the tree, and shake a limb. |
| 8 | |
Central Park Lake |
| 9 | |
Central Park Lake |
| 10 | |
Blueberries. Not ripe. |
| 11 | |
Cattails |
| 12 | |
Cattails closeup. Male part is above female part. |
| 13 | |
Pair of mallard ducks. |
| 14 | |
Wood sorrel |
| 15 | |
Central Park Lake |
| 16 | |
Central Park Lake |
| 17 | |
Common spice bush |
| 18 | |
Jet berry. Immature. Poisonous. |
| 19 | |
Wineberry |
| 20 | |
Wineberry closeup |
| 21 | |
Wood strawberries. Tasteless. |
| 22 | |
Epazote. Used for seasoning in bean and tomato dishes. |
| 23 | |
Epazote in situ. |
| 24 | |
Catalpa tree. Not edible. |
| 25 | |
Small unknown mushroom. |
| 26 | |
Small unknown mushrooms. |
| 27 | |
Poison ivy |
| 28 | |
Hedge mustard. At the end of its season. |
| 29 | |
Hedge mustard closeup. |
| 30 | |
Elderberry. Leaves poisonous. Flowers must be cooked. Berries in late summer. |
| 31 | |
Jet berry flower. Poisonous. |
| 32 | |
Pineapple weed |
| 33 | |
Yellow watercress |
| 34 | |
European cut-leaf blackberry |
| 35 | |
European cut-leaf blackberry flower closeup |
| 36 | |
European cut-leaf blackberry flower closeup |
| 37 | |
Lamb's quarters by where we ate lunch. |
| 38 | |
A squirrel checking us out while we ate lunch. |
| 39 | |
Group looking at hazelnut bush. |
| 40 | |
Hazelnut closeup |
| 41 | |
Nasturtium flowers. Edible, but can't eat them in the Shakespeare Garden. |
| 42 | |
Black raspberries |
| 43 | |
Purple flowering raspberry |
| 44 | |
Lamb's quarters. Large patch by Belvedere Castle. |
| 45 | |
Blueberries |
| 46 | |
June berry |
| 47 | |
June berry closeup |
| 48 | |
Sassafras leaves. They come in three types. |
| 49 | |
One of the tour participants smelling the sasasfras root she pulled. |
| 50 | |
Common blue violet. Like lettuce. Getting to the end of the season. Now only small leaves in the shade are good. |
| 51 | |
Field garlic. Steve explaining you have to peel the bulbs. |
| 52 | |
Field garlic bulb closeup |
| 53 | |
Field garlic seed pod |
| 54 | |
Field garlic seed pod. More mature than the prior one. |
| 55 | |
Different type of mulberry. Has loped leaves. |
| 56 | |
Kentucky coffee tree beans. |
| 57 | |
Wild persimmons. Flower closeup. Leaves now good for tea. Fruits in late fall. |
| 58 | |
Wild persimmons trunk. Very dark. In ebony family. Notice rectangles. |
| 59 | |
Epazote again. |
| 60 | |
Poor man's pepper. |
| 61 | |
Common spice bush with immature berries. |
| 62 | |
Beech tree |
| 63 | |
Day lilies. Flowers are edible. |
| 64 | |
Apple trees. |
| 65 | |
Burdock. First year plant has root edible throughout year. |
| 66 | |
2nd year burdock. Note leaves on central stem. Root is inedible, but can eat the stem like artichoke. This is young second year. |
| 67 | |
2nd year burdock. Older than the prior one. |
| 68 | |
Wild cherries along reservoir. Lower branches have been pruned off. |
| 69 | |
Mulberries along reservoir. |
| 70 | |
June berries closeup. Immature. |
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