Index for Album F-2000-09-02: Foraging in Prospect Park - Sept 02, 2000

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Number	Thumbnail	Caption	Number	Thumbnail	Caption
1		Cornelian cherries. Fruits are all gone now. Scientific name: Cornus mas	2		Lady’s thumb. A mild salad green. Flowers also edible, but leaves taste better. In smartweed family. Scientific name: Polygonum persicaria
3		Common plantain. Leaves can be put on mosquito bites. Scientific name: Plantago major	4		Common plantain seeds. Good for constipation. Can grind up and use as egg replacer. Scientific name: Plantago major
5		Poor man’s pepper Scientific name: Lepidium virginicum	6		Bottlebrush buckeye. Wildman didn’t know this one. Identified with help on the web. All parts may cause mild stomach upset if ingested. Scientific name: Aesculus parviflora
7		Fruit from the mystery plant. Scientific name: Aesculus parviflora	8		Lamb’s quarters. With spots on leaves. Scientific name: Chenopodium album
9		Epazote Scientific name: Chenopodium ambrosioides	10		Stink horn mushroom. Flies land on it and spread the spores.
11		Ringless honey mushroom. Note color. Edible after cooking. Get sick if eaten raw. Very delicious.	12		Virginia knotweed. For kids to play with. Not edible. Scientific name: Polygonum virginianum
13		Amaranth Scientific name: Amarantus retroflexus	14		Wood sorrel Scientific name: Oxalis acetosella
15		Burdock, 1st year Scientific name: Arctium species	16		Burdock root that a tour participant dug up. Scientific name: Arctium species
17		Burdock, 2nd year Scientific name: Arctium species	18		Puff ball mushroom covered with mold. Poisonous.
19		Grape leaves. Grapes not ready. Can see a couple green ones behind the leaves.	20		Kousa dogwood. From Japan. Scientific name: Cornus kousa
21		Kousa dogwood fruits Scientific name: Cornus kousa	22		Chicken mushroom. Two weeks too old. Scientific name: Laetiporus sulphureus
23		Guilder rose. Very bitter but not poisonous. In viburnum family.	24		Elderberry. So many berries the branches are drooping. Berries are better cooked. Stems poisonous, so you have to pull all the berries off. Scientific name: Sambucus canadensis
25		Virginia creeper. Poisonous. Scientific name: Parthenocissus quinquefolia	26		Greater ragweed. Allergenic, not edible. Scientific name: Ambrosia trifida
27		Common ragweed. Allergenic, not edible. Scientific name: Ambrosia artemisiifolia	28		Poison ivy Scientific name: Toxicodendron radicans
29		Common nightshade. Poisonous. Scientific name: Solanum nigrum	30		Mugwort Scientific name: Artemisia vulgaris
31		Buckeye chestnut. American version of horse chestnut. Poisonous. Scientific name: Aesculus	32		Small toad
33		Garlic mustard, 2nd year. Seeds are edible. Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis	34		Garlic mustard, 1st year. Leaves are edible in spring and fall. Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis
35		Garlic mustard root. Like horsradish. Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis	36		Sassafras Scientific name: Sassafras albidum
37		Sassafras root. Boil for tea. Scientific name: Sassafras albidum	38		Sweet gum. Smells like furniture polish. Not edible.
39		Jewelweed Scientific name: Impatiens capensis	40		Jewelweed flowers Scientific name: Impatiens capensis
41		Jewelweed seed pods. Scientific name: Impatiens capensis	42		Jewelweed seeds. Can eat seeds, but not flowers. Scientific name: Impatiens capensis
43		Beech tree Scientific name: Fagus	44		Beech nut husk Scientific name: Fagus
45		Yellow watercress Scientific name: Rorippa islandica	46		Black walnut. Still early, return in October. Scientific name: Juglans nigra
47		Praying mantis. It has a beetle, which you can’t see here.	48		Purple flowering raspberry. Didn’t fruit well this year. Scientific name: Rubus odoratus
49		Gout weed and Eve. Scientific name: Aegopodium podagraria	50		Hawthorne Scientific name: Crataegus species

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