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Burdock Scientific name: Arctium species |
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Burdock root Scientific name: Arctium species |
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Mountain watercress Scientific name: Cardamine rotundifolia |
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Mountain watercress with flower Scientific name: Cardamine rotundifolia |
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Mountain watercress flower closeup Scientific name: Cardamine rotundifolia |
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Orpine Scientific name: Sedum purpureum |
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Stand of knotweed stalks from last year Scientific name: Fallopia japonica |
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Knotweed sprouts. Only good for another week or so. Scientific name: Fallopia japonica |
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Day lilies Scientific name: Hemerocallis |
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Day lily closeup Scientific name: Hemerocallis |
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Jewelweed sprouts. Medicinal, not edible. Scientific name: Impatiens capensis |
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Jewelweed sprout with water showing that it beads even when young. Scientific name: Impatiens capensis |
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Stinging needle Scientific name: Urtica |
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Stinging needle Scientific name: Urtica |
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Garlic mustard sprouts Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis |
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Garlic mustard, second year growth. Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis |
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Ramp (wild leeks) Scientific name: Allium tricoccum |
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Ramp flower closeup Scientific name: Allium tricoccum |
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Solomon’s seal Scientific name: Polygonatum |
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Field garlic. Use like chives at this time of year. Scientific name: Allium vineale |
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Spring beauty. Only tuber is edible. Not worth the trouble. | 22 | ![]() |
Spring beauty with very large tuber. | |
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Trout lilies. Leaves look like speckled trout. Must be cooked. Scientific name: Erythronium americanum |
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Trout lily with flower Scientific name: Erythronium americanum |
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Bloodroot. Endangered or protected. Medicinal, not edible. Scientific name: Sanguinaria candensis |
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Curly dock or yellow dock. Leaves good raw or cooked. Not related to burdock. Scientific name: Rumex crispus |
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Curly dock root | 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. Scientific name: Eupatorium purpureum |
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Young violet Scientific name: Viola papilionacea |
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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. Scientific name: Symplocarpus foetidus |
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Dutchman’s-Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria). Poisonous. Scientific name: Dicentra cucullaria |
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Cuckoo-flower, often called Ragged Robin (Lychnis cuculli). Tastes like wasabi. Scientific name: Lychnis cuculli |
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Common thistle | 34 | ![]() |
Common thistle. Tap root is edible. | |
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Cow parsnip. Peel away hair and use like celery. Usually cook it. Scientific name: Heracleum maximum (Heracleum lanatum) |
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Raspberry Scientific name: Rubus occidentalis |
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Wild chervil | 38 | ![]() |
Star of Bethlehem. Poisonous. Scientific name: Ornithogalum arabicum |
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Dead frond of ostrich plume fern. Only edible when 6" or shorter. Scientific name: Matteuccia struthiopteris |
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Fiddleheads of ostrich plume fern. Okay, but a little early. Scientific name: Matteuccia struthiopteris |
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Fiddleheads of ostrich plume fern. Scientific name: Matteuccia struthiopteris |
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False Hellebore. Also called Indian poke. Very poisonous. Kills. Scientific name: Veratrum viride |
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Bitter or broad leaf dock. Tastes terrible. (Wildman had already ripped off the other leaf.) Scientific name: Rumex obtusifolius |
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Cow parsley Scientific name: Anthriscus sylvestris |
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Wild ginger. Like commercial, but not related. | 46 | ![]() |
Wild ginger flower | |
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Wild ginger root | 48 | ![]() |
Wild ginger root | |
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Common spice bush Scientific name: Lindera benzoin |
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Common spice bush flower Scientific name: Lindera benzoin |
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