| Number | Thumbnail | Caption |
| 1 | |
Poor man's pepper |
| 2 | |
Poor man's pepper flower closeup. |
| 3 | |
Field garlic flower bud. |
| 4 | |
Field garlic flower. |
| 5 | |
European cut-leaf blackberry. More lobs on leaf than American variety. Stems have flat surface (raspberries have round stems). |
| 6 | |
European cut-leaf blackberry with flower (that is past its prime). |
| 7 | |
Greater rag weed. Inedible, but a common allergen. |
| 8 | |
Poison ivy |
| 9 | |
Common nightshade. Poisonous. Looks like candle with shade. |
| 10 | |
Unknown small mushrooms. |
| 11 | |
Pond |
| 12 | |
Pond |
| 13 | |
Common plantain. From Europe. Oval leaf. Mash leaf and put on mosquito bite. |
| 14 | |
Stand of cattails. |
| 15 | |
Cattails closer up. |
| 16 | |
Epazote |
| 17 | |
Lady's thumb with pink flower. Edible in salad greens. |
| 18 | |
Common violet. Has been mowed so there is new growth which is edible now. Usually only edible in the spring. |
| 19 | |
Witch hazel. Berries inedible. Cambium under bark is harvested for astringent. |
| 20 | |
Witch hazel closer up. |
| 21 | |
Chickweed |
| 22 | |
Wild lettuce. Now bitter. |
| 23 | |
Sow thistle. In dandelion family. |
| 24 | |
Garlic mustard. Out of season, but has been mowed and there is edible new growth. |
| 25 | |
Hawthorne berries. |
| 26 | |
Wood sorrel. |
| 27 | |
Wildman showing poisonous white snake root and telling story. |
| 28 | |
Day lily. Flowers are edible and only last one day. |
| 29 | |
Russula mushroom. Some are good to eat. This one smells like almonds. Tastes bad, but not poisonous. |
| 30 | |
Chestnut bolete |
| 31 | |
Chestnut boletes. One of the tour participants really liked mushrooms. Here she's showing off her find. |
| 32 | |
Sassafras. Note three different shapes of leaves. |
| 33 | |
Linden tree. Has some flowers left. Flowers make great tea with medicinal properties. Berries not edible. The fruits are edible, just there's not much to eat. |
| 34 | |
Beech tree fruits. Inside three sided nuts and shells. Then beechnuts in Sept and Oct. |
| 35 | |
White snake root in situ. |
| 36 | |
Burdock in hard soil. |
| 37 | |
Hawthorne. Like apples. Note long thorns. |
| 38 | |
Hawthorne with immature berries. |
| 39 | |
Sweet fern. Likes sandy areas. Cultivated here. Covered with dust from the track around the reservoir. |
| 40 | |
View across reservoir. Needs wider angle lens. |
| 41 | |
Mugwort. For tea. |
| 42 | |
Wild lettuce. Another type. |
| 43 | |
St. John's wort. First time Wildman has seen it in Central Park. |
| 44 | |
St. John's wort. |
| 45 | |
Common milk weed. |
| 46 | |
Black cherry. Come back in August. |
| 47 | |
Bush honeysuckle. Not good. |
| 48 | |
Butterfly weed. The other name is pleurisy root. It's a milkweed with clear sap that's poisonous, although the root is used for pleurisy. |
| 49 | |
Apple tree |
| 50 | |
Mushroom. Probably variegated inky cap. Not edible. |
| 51 | |
Burdock root. |
| 52 | |
Sweet cherries. Edible now. (Look for the black berries in the pciture.) |
| 53 | |
Mulberries. Note shininess of the leaves. |
| 54 | |
Juneberry bush. Related to apples. |
| 55 | |
White mulberry. |
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