Index for Album F-2000-06-10: Foraging - Jun 10, 2000

Foraging in Central Park. Based on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill. For more on foraging see foraging.com.

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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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