Index for Album F-2001-07-08: Foraging - Jul 08, 2001

Foraging in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Based on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill. Includes some pictures taken four days later to replace ones that hadn't come out. For more on foraging see foraging.com.

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Number Thumbnail Caption
1 Juneberry.
2 Dog stinkhorn mushroom.
3 Hedge mustard.
4 Hedge mustard flower close up.
5 Hedge mustard.
6 Young hedge mustard.
7 Purslane.
8 Quickweed. Not good to eat.
9 Giant Ragweed [Ambrosia trifida]. Not edible. Known for causing allergies.
10 Garlic mustard, 2nd year.
11 Poor man's pepper.
12 Hedge mustard again.
13 Lady's thumb.
14 Wood sorrel.
15 Burdock, 2nd year. See stalk. When no flowers is still edible.
16 Burdock. Steve holding peeled stem. Boil one minute.
17 Monarch butterfly.
18 Boletus rubeus.
19 Boletus rubeus.
20 Pigskin poison puffballs.
21 Little brown mushrooms. Too many look alike. People don't know if edible.
22 Little brown mushrooms.
23 Mica caps. Inky cap family. Turn to ink as they get older. Tasteless, but not poisonous.
24 Fibercaps. Poisonous. See radial lines.
25 Poison ivy.
26 Epazote.
27 Epazote leaf closeup.
28 Mugwort. Can make tea.
29 Mugwort. Deeply cut leaves.
30 Epazote with flower.
31 Horse nettle. In nightshade family. Poisonous. But the bees like it.
32 Witch hazel.
33 Kousa dogwood.
34 European chestnut.
35 Hawthorne.
36 Hawthorne leaf.
37 European blackberry.
38 Common spicebush.
39 Burdock, 1st year.
40 Queen Anne's lace. 2nd year. Is wild carrot.
41 Common evening primrose.
42 Cattails.
43 Black raspberry. First year no berries.
44 Elderberry. Ripe in August.
45 Common blackberry.
46 Common blackberry.
47 Purple flowering raspberry.
48 Purple flowering raspberry.
49 Poor man's pepper.
50 Common mallow.
51 Common mallow flower.
52 Jewelweed.
53 Wineberry.
54 Lamb's quarters.
55 Amaranth. Little black seeds in the Fall.
56 Thistle.
57 Pokeweed. Berries poison. Stems can be cooked in the Spring.
58 Sweet wormwood.
59 Goutweed.
60 Goutweed flower.
61 Elderberry flowers. Flowers edible.
62 Burdock root.
63 Enchanter's nightshades. Burrs stick to you.
64 Juneberry. [This picture and following were taken on Jul 12th on a quick bike trip I made to the park. To replace some that hadn't come out well.]
65 Juneberry. Berry closeup.
66 Quickweed flower.
67 Goutweed flower.
68 Patch of goutweed in flower.
69 Elderberry flower.
70 Common spice bush berry.
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