Index for Album F-2001-04-14: Foraging in Crestwood Riverside - April 14, 2001

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Number	Thumbnail	Caption	Number	Thumbnail	Caption
1		Burdock Scientific name: Arctium species	2		Burdock root Scientific name: Arctium species
3		Mountain watercress Scientific name: Cardamine rotundifolia	4		Mountain watercress with flower Scientific name: Cardamine rotundifolia
5		Mountain watercress flower closeup Scientific name: Cardamine rotundifolia	6		Orpine Scientific name: Sedum purpureum
7		Stand of knotweed stalks from last year Scientific name: Fallopia japonica	8		Knotweed sprouts. Only good for another week or so. Scientific name: Fallopia japonica
9		Day lilies Scientific name: Hemerocallis	10		Day lily closeup Scientific name: Hemerocallis
11		Jewelweed sprouts. Medicinal, not edible. Scientific name: Impatiens capensis	12		Jewelweed sprout with water showing that it beads even when young. Scientific name: Impatiens capensis
13		Stinging needle Scientific name: Urtica	14		Stinging needle Scientific name: Urtica
15		Garlic mustard sprouts Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis	16		Garlic mustard, second year growth. Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis
17		Ramp (wild leeks) Scientific name: Allium tricoccum	18		Ramp flower closeup Scientific name: Allium tricoccum
19		Solomon’s seal Scientific name: Polygonatum	20		Field garlic. Use like chives at this time of year. Scientific name: Allium vineale
21		Spring beauty. Only tuber is edible. Not worth the trouble.	22		Spring beauty with very large tuber.
23		Trout lilies. Leaves look like speckled trout. Must be cooked. Scientific name: Erythronium americanum	24		Trout lily with flower Scientific name: Erythronium americanum
25		Bloodroot. Endangered or protected. Medicinal, not edible. Scientific name: Sanguinaria candensis	26		Curly dock or yellow dock. Leaves good raw or cooked. Not related to burdock. Scientific name: Rumex crispus
27		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
29		Young violet Scientific name: Viola papilionacea	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. Scientific name: Symplocarpus foetidus
31		Dutchman’s-Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria). Poisonous. Scientific name: Dicentra cucullaria	32		Cuckoo-flower, often called Ragged Robin (Lychnis cuculli). Tastes like wasabi. Scientific name: Lychnis cuculli
33		Common thistle	34		Common thistle. Tap root is edible.
35		Cow parsnip. Peel away hair and use like celery. Usually cook it. Scientific name: Heracleum maximum (Heracleum lanatum)	36		Raspberry Scientific name: Rubus occidentalis
37		Wild chervil	38		Star of Bethlehem. Poisonous. Scientific name: Ornithogalum arabicum
39		Dead frond of ostrich plume fern. Only edible when 6" or shorter. Scientific name: Matteuccia struthiopteris	40		Fiddleheads of ostrich plume fern. Okay, but a little early. Scientific name: Matteuccia struthiopteris
41		Fiddleheads of ostrich plume fern. Scientific name: Matteuccia struthiopteris	42		False Hellebore. Also called Indian poke. Very poisonous. Kills. Scientific name: Veratrum viride
43		Bitter or broad leaf dock. Tastes terrible. (Wildman had already ripped off the other leaf.) Scientific name: Rumex obtusifolius	44		Cow parsley Scientific name: Anthriscus sylvestris
45		Wild ginger. Like commercial, but not related.	46		Wild ginger flower
47		Wild ginger root	48		Wild ginger root
49		Common spice bush Scientific name: Lindera benzoin	50		Common spice bush flower Scientific name: Lindera benzoin

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