Foraging in Prospect Park - March 04, 2001

Foraging in Prospect Park, Brooklyn with "Wildman" Steve Brill.


1: Shepherd's purse
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2: Shepherd's purse closeup
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3: Field garlic
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4: Field garlic bulb
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5: Star of Bethlehem. Will make you sick. Does NOT smell like onions.
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6: Star of Bethlehem. Note white strips on leaves.
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7: Japanese yew closeup
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8: Gout weed
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9: Garlic mustard. Had to clear away the leaves to find it.
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10: Garlic mustard root
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11: Mugwort. New coming up.
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12: Mugwort. Last year.
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13: Red bud. Last year's buds.
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14: Dandelion
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15: Clover. Marginally edible. Okay now.
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16: Poke weed. Last year's.
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17: Wood aster. Not edible. Blooms in fall.
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18: Witch hazel
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19: Witch hazel in full bllom. Closeup.
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20: Sassafras trunk. Note horizontal cuts in bark.
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21: Jet berries from last year. Poisonous.
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22: Black raspberry. Note white powder on stem.
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23: Prickly ash. Medicinal, not edible.
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24: Prickly ash closeup
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25: Burdock. Last year's burrs on the ground. Too early for new growth.
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26: Burdock burrs closeup
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27: Poison ivy winter form. Still poisonous.
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28: Greater celandine. Poisonous to eat. Use paste on poison ivy rash.
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29: Chicory
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30: Buckhorn plantain
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31: Hazelnut
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32: Hazelnut a little closer.
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33: Hazelnut closeup
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34: Parsnips
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35: Parsnip root
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36: Broad leaf, or bitter dock. Not very tasty.
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37: Day lily shoots
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38: Sassafras shoot. Note upward arching of branches.
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39: Sassafras root. Biggest we've ever pulled.
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