Index for Album F-2001-04-22: Foraging in Prospect Park - April 22, 2001

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Number	Thumbnail	Caption	Number	Thumbnail	Caption
1		Group photo of the tour participants. Missing one woman that was hiding, one fellow that didn’t want to be in it, and me.	2		Shepherd’s purse Scientific name: Capsella bursa-pastoris
3		Shepherd’s purse flower. Note four petals. Scientific name: Capsella bursa-pastoris	4		A more mature shepherd’s purse. Scientific name: Capsella bursa-pastoris
5		Chickweed Scientific name: Stellaria media	6		Chickweed flower closeup Scientific name: Stellaria media
7		Common blue violet. Can eat leaves and flowers. Root is poisonous. Scientific name: Viola papilionacea	8		Blue violet flower Scientific name: Viola papilionacea
9		Gout weed Scientific name: Aegopodium podagraria	10		Gout weed closeup Scientific name: Aegopodium podagraria
11		Field garlic. Leaves are a little mild this time of year. Scientific name: Allium vineale	12		Star of Bethlehem. Poisonous. Looks somewhat like field garlic, but has no onion smell. Scientific name: Ornithogalum arabicum
13		Lesser celandine. Edibility unknown. Scientific name: Ranunculus ficaria	14		Japanese knotweed. End of season. Scientific name: Fallopia japonica
15		Hercules club, or devil’s walking stick. Scientific name: Aralia spinosa	16		Red bud. A week too early. Scientific name: Cercis canadensis
17		Red bud closeup Scientific name: Cercis canadensis	18		Burdock. Note whire underneath leaves. Scientific name: Arctium species
19		Burdock burr closeup. Note little hooks. Scientific name: Arctium species	20		Burdock root Scientific name: Arctium species
21		Bitter dock. Leaves too bitter to eat. Note red on leaf. Scientific name: Rumex obtusifolius	22		Garlic mustard Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis
23		Garlic mustard root. Tastes like horseradish. Scientific name: Alliaria officinalis	24		Common spice bush flower closeup. Too early. Scientific name: Lindera benzoin
25		Greater celandine. Very poisonous. Has orange sap. In poppy family.	26		Plum tree
27		Parsnips. Only good until the end of April. Then again in fall. Scientific name: Pastinaca sativa	28		Parsnip root Scientific name: Pastinaca sativa
29		Geese nesting	30		Asiatic day lily. Shoots going out of season. Scientific name: Hemerocallis
31		Tubers of day lily. A way to identify them. Tubers probably edible, but not worth it. Scientific name: Hemerocallis	32		Poor man’s pepper Scientific name: Lepidium virginicum
33		Common plantain Scientific name: Plantago major	34		Curly dock, or called yellow dock (root is yellow). Only in season through May. Scientific name: Rumex crispus
35		Hedge mustard Scientific name: Sisymbrium officinale	36		Dandelion flower. Edible. Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale
37		Wineberries, or Asian raspberry. Scientific name: Rubus phoenicolasius	38		Wineberries. Note hairy thorns. Scientific name: Rubus phoenicolasius
39		Juneberry, or service berry. Berries in season in June. Scientific name: Amelanchier species	40		Common primrose stalk from last year. Scientific name: Oenothera biennis
41		Cattails from last year. Scientific name: Typha latifolia	42		Winter cress. Rather bitter.
43		Common primrose leaves Scientific name: Oenothera biennis	44		Thistle. Root tastes like potato.
45		Wild carrot (Queen Anne’s lace)	46		Wild carrot root

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