Foraging in Prospect Park - July 09, 2000

Based on a walk given by "Wildman" Steve Brill in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. These are in Fine compression, so clearer and bigger than if Normal compression was used.


1: Juneberries. Also called service berry and shad berry. (Picture taken 7/1/00).
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2: Juneberry leaf closeup. Note sawtooth edge. Underside is gray.
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3: Lady's thumb. Mild tasting salad green.
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4: Poor man's pepper. Peppery leaves and seeds.
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5: Common nightshade. Somewhat poisonous.
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6: Pineapple weed. Related to camomile.
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7: Beechnuts
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8: Black cherries. Come back in August.
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9: Mulberry. Note shiny leaves.
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10: Field garlic seed cluster.
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11: Field garlic seeds. Are edible.
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12: Black cherries. Closeup. Very early ripening.
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13: Blackberries. Not ripe yet.
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14: Common spice bush. Berries in September. Leaves now for tea.
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15: Gout weed. Smaller light green leaves edible.
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16: Poison Ivy. See three leaves.
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17: Enchanter's night shade. Will have burrs that stick to socks. Not edible.
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18: Enchanter's night shade. Closeup.
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19: Black raspberries. Not ripe yet.
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20: Black raspberries. Closeup.
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21: Wood sorrel. Tastes like lemonade. Add to salads.
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22: Type of blueberry. Not ripe yet.
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23: Jewel weed. Water sticks on it like little diamonds. Rub on mosquito bites and they'll be gone in 15 minutes. Also for poison avy. If rubbed on before rash you won't get rash.
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24: Little white mushrooms on log. Not edible.
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25: Wineberries
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26: Mugwort
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27: Two black walnut trees. End of September to October for nuts.
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28: Black walnuts closeup.
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29: Lake leading up to boat house.
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30: Wild plum. We found one plum. Season over. Come around July 1st to find fruit.
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31: 1st year burdock. Roots are edible.
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32: 2nd year burdock. Roots not edible.
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33: A burdock root pulled up by a walk participant, with little digging.
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34: An even longer one!
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35: Choke berry. Not ripe, but not good to eat even when is ripe.
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36: Common plantain
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37: Hawthorne. Ripe in fall.
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38: Hedge mustard.
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39: Blackberry. European cut leaf variety.
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40: Sweet worm wood
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41: Lamb's quarters
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42: Epazote
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43: Elderberry. Berries in August. Flowers in June.
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44: Red raspberry
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45: Garlic mustard. Seeds can be harvested now.
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46: Purple flowering raspberry. Late August for berries.
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47: Elderberry flower. Last one of the season.
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48: Kousa dogwood
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49: Kousa dogwood. Close up of fruit. Like apricot. Ripe in September to October.
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50: Forest russula mushroom. Brightly colored. Has stems, gille, no ring around stem. Shatters when thrown. Not edible, but not poisonous.
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51: Pigskin poison puffballs.
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52: Pigskin poison puffballs. Small ones are black inside.
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53: Sweet gum. Not edible. Smells like furniture polish.
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54: Common ragweed. Not edible. Causes hay fever.
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55: Common violet. Now too tough to eat.
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56: Red bud tree
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57: Juneberries again. In shade so still in season.
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58: Cornelian cherry. Ripe in early August.
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