Index for Album F-2000-08-20: Foraging - Aug 20, 2000

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

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Number Thumbnail Caption
1 Lamb's quarters
2 Lamb's quarters closeup
3 Epazote
4 Jet berries. Poisonous.
5 Cornelian cherries. The national fruit of Turkey.
6 Catalpa tree. In bean family. See pods.
7 Ducks eating duckweed.
8 View of lake extension covered with duckweed.
9 Duckweed closeup on a stick.
10 Woman on a rock.
11 Lake view
12 Lady's thumb. In smartweed family. Check for little hairs on tops of leaves.
13 Virginia knotweed. In fall seeds pop off. Not edible.
14 Garlic mustard. 1st year. Leaves at this time of year too bitter to eat.
15 Garlic mustard root. Like horseradish.
16 Garlic mustard 2nd year. Seeds are good.
17 Wood sorrel
18 Burdock 1st year. Can dig up root.
19 Burdock 2nd year. Root like wood.
20 Poor man's pepper
21 A blackberry about to be grabbed.
22 Kentucky coffee tree beans. Can be collected year round. Must be baked for three hours before using.
23 A Kentucky coffee tree bean is sprouting.
24 Common blue violet.
25 Field garlic. Bulbs edible now.
26 Horse nettle. Poisonous.
27 Asiatic day flower. Young leaves and flowers edible raw.
28 Sassafras leaves.
29 Wildman holding sassafras root.
30 Elizabeth showing the blackberries she collected.
31 Hazelnut tree
32 Hazelnut closeup.
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