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Group photo of the tour participants. Missing one woman that was hiding, one fellow that didn't want to be in it, and me. | |
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Shepherd's purse | |
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Shepherd's purse flower. Note four petals. | |
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A more mature shepherd's purse. | |
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Chickweed | |
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Chickweed flower closeup | |
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Common blue violet. Can eat leaves and flowers. Root is poisonous. | |
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Blue violet flower | |
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Gout weed | |
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Gout weed closeup | |
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Field garlic. Leaves are a little mild this time of year. | |
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Star of Bethlehem. Poisonous. Looks somewhat like field garlic, but has no onion smell. | |
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Lesser celandine. Edibility unknown. | |
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Japanese knotweed. End of season. | |
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Hercules club, or devil's walking stick. | |
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Red bud. A week too early. | |
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Red bud closeup | |
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Burdock. Note whire underneath leaves. | |
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Burdock burr closeup. Note little hooks. | |
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Burdock root | |
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Bitter dock. Leaves too bitter to eat. Note red on leaf. | |
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Garlic mustard | |
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Garlic mustard root. Tastes like horseradish. | |
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Common spice bush flower closeup. Too early. | |
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Greater celandine. Very poisonous. Has orange sap. In poppy family. | |
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Plum tree | |
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Parsnips. Only good until the end of April. Then again in fall. | |
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Parsnip root | |
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Geese nesting | |
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Asiatic day lily. Shoots going out of season. | |
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Tubers of day lily. A way to identify them. Tubers probably edible, but not worth it. | |
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Poor man's pepper | |
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Common plantain | |
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Curly dock, or called yellow dock (root is yellow). Only in season through May. | |
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Hedge mustard | |
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Dandelion flower. Edible. | |
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Wineberries, or Asian raspberry. | |
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Wineberries. Note hairy thorns. | |
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Juneberry, or service berry. Berries in season in June. | |
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Common primrose stalk from last year. | |
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Cattails from last year. | |
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Winter cress. Rather bitter. | |
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Common primrose leaves | |
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Thistle. Root tastes like potato. | |
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Wild carrot (Queen Anne's lace) | |
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Wild carrot root |
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