Index for Album F-2000-09-02: Foraging - Sep 02, 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.

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

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