Index for Album F-2001-03-04: Foraging in Prospect Park - March 04, 2001

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Number	Thumbnail	Caption	Number	Thumbnail	Caption
1		Shepherd’s purse Scientific name: Capsella bursa-pastoris	2		Shepherd’s purse closeup Scientific name: Capsella bursa-pastoris
3		Field garlic Scientific name: Allium vineale	4		Field garlic bulb Scientific name: Allium vineale
5		Star of Bethlehem. Will make you sick. Does NOT smell like onions. Scientific name: Ornithogalum arabicum	6		Star of Bethlehem. Note white strips on leaves. Scientific name: Ornithogalum arabicum
7		Japanese yew closeup Scientific name: Taxus cuspidata	8		Gout weed Scientific name: Aegopodium podagraria
9		Garlic mustard. Had to clear away the leaves to find it. Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis	10		Garlic mustard root Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis
11		Mugwort. New coming up. Scientific name: Artemisia vulgaris	12		Mugwort. Last year. Scientific name: Artemisia vulgaris
13		Red bud. Last year’s buds. Scientific name: Cercis canadensis	14		Dandelion Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale
15		Clover. Marginally edible. Okay now. Scientific name: Trifolium pratense	16		Poke weed. Last year’s. Scientific name: Phytolacca americana
17		Wood aster. Not edible. Blooms in fall. Scientific name: Eurybia divaricata	18		Witch hazel Scientific name: Hamamelis
19		Witch hazel in full bllom. Closeup. Scientific name: Hamamelis	20		Sassafras trunk. Note horizontal cuts in bark. Scientific name: Sassafras albidum
21		Jet berries from last year. Poisonous. Scientific name: Ardisia humilis	22		Black raspberry. Note white powder on stem. Scientific name: Rubus occidentalis
23		Prickly ash. Medicinal, not edible. Scientific name: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis	24		Prickly ash closeup Scientific name: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
25		Burdock. Last year’s burrs on the ground. Too early for new growth. Scientific name: Arctium species	26		Burdock burrs closeup Scientific name: Arctium species
27		Poison ivy winter form. Still poisonous. Scientific name: Toxicodendron radicans	28		Greater celandine. Poisonous to eat. Use paste on poison ivy rash.
29		Chicory Scientific name: Cichorium intybus	30		Buckhorn plantain Scientific name: Plantago lanceolata
31		Hazelnut Scientific name: Corylus avellana	32		Hazelnut a little closer. Scientific name: Corylus avellana
33		Hazelnut closeup Scientific name: Corylus avellana	34		Parsnips Scientific name: Pastinaca sativa
35		Parsnip root Scientific name: Pastinaca sativa	36		Broad leaf, or bitter dock. Not very tasty. Scientific name: Rumex obtusifolius
37		Day lily shoots Scientific name: Hemerocallis	38		Sassafras shoot. Note upward arching of branches. Scientific name: Sassafras albidum
39		Sassafras root. Biggest we’ve ever pulled. Scientific name: Sassafras albidum

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