Index for Album F-2001-03-04: Foraging - Mar 04, 2001

Foraging in Prospect Park, Brooklyn with "Wildman" Steve Brill. For more on foraging see foraging.com.

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