Foraging in Crestwood Riverside - April 14, 2001

Pictures from a foraging tour in Crestwood Riverside (Westchester County, New York) given by "Wildman" Steve Brill.


1: Burdock
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2: Burdock root
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3: Mountain watercress
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4: Mountain watercress with flower
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5: Mountain watercress flower closeup
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6: Orpine
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7: Stand of knotweed stalks from last year
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8: Knotweed sprouts. Only good for another week or so.
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9: Day lilies
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10: Day lily closeup
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11: Jewelweed sprouts. Medicinal, not edible.
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12: Jewelweed sprout with water showing that it beads even when young.
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13: Stinging needle
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14: Stinging needle
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15: Garlic mustard sprouts
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16: Garlic mustard, second year growth.
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17: Ramp (wild leeks)
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18: Ramp flower closeup
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19: Solomon's seal
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20: Field garlic. Use like chives at this time of year.
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21: Spring beauty. Only tuber is edible. Not worth the trouble.
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22: Spring beauty with very large tuber.
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23: Trout lilies. Leaves look like speckled trout. Must be cooked.
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24: Trout lily with flower
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25: Bloodroot. Endangered or protected. Medicinal, not edible.
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26: Curly dock or yellow dock. Leaves good raw or cooked. Not related to burdock.
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27: Curly dock root
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28: Joe-Pye Weed? At first Wildman thought it was common evening primrose (which has a delicious edible root). But we ended up thinking otherwise.
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29: Young violet
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30: Skunk cabbage. On the tour I believe Wildman stated they were poisonous. In the Peterson's Guide they are listed as edible. The catch is the calcium oxalate crystals cause an intense burning sensation in the mouth. Only thorough drying removes this.
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31: Dutchman's-Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria). Poisonous.
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32: Cuckoo-flower, often called Ragged Robin (Lychnis cuculli). Tastes like wasabi.
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33: Common thistle
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34: Common thistle. Tap root is edible.
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35: Cow parsnip. Peel away hair and use like celery. Usually cook it.
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36: Raspberry
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37: Wild chervil
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38: Star of Bethlehem. Poisonous.
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39: Dead frond of ostrich plume fern. Only edible when 6" or shorter.
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40: Fiddleheads of ostrich plume fern. Okay, but a little early.
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41: Fiddleheads of ostrich plume fern.
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42: False Hellebore. Also called Indian poke. Very poisonous. Kills.
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43: Bitter or broad leaf dock. Tastes terrible. (Wildman had already ripped off the other leaf.)
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44: Cow parsley
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45: Wild ginger. Like commercial, but not related.
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46: Wild ginger flower
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47: Wild ginger root
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48: Wild ginger root
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49: Common spice bush
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50: Common spice bush flower
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