| Number | Thumbnail | Caption |
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Wild Ginger. This too close to the road. Only the roots edible. |
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Pineapple weed |
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Common spice bush. Leaves in tear drip shape. Use leaves for teas. Note smooth edges on leaves. Has red berries in the Fall. Like allspice. |
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Arrowroot. With duckweed on the lake surface. |
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Arrowroot closeup |
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Cattail. Stems are round, not flat like poisonous iris. Anything tender you can eat. Cook or eat raw. Seeds collectable only for two weeks in mid-June. |
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Jewelweed. Cattails in the background |
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Jewelweed closeup. See the water bead into jewels. |
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Wood strawberry. Edible, but tasteless. |
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Wood strawberry closeup. Edible, but tasteless. |
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Sheep sorrel. Leaves are better than flowers. |
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Blueberries |
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Lamb's quarters |
| 14 | ![]() |
May apple |
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Wineberries. Stems are round. |
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Poison ivy. Ground type. |
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Poison ivy. Climbing type. |
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Burdock. Dana dug one up. |
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Wild chervil or honewart. Good in soups. Use like parsley. Smaller leaves better. |
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Wild chervil or honewart. Leaves closeup. |
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Violets |
| 22 | ![]() |
White snake root. Wildman pretends to eat some. |
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White snake root. In situ. |
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Mugwort |
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Pokeweed |
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Blackberry |
| 27 | ![]() |
Eggs |
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Black raspberry |
| 29 | ![]() |
Field onion bulb |
| 30 | ![]() |
Wood sorrel. With violets and other things mixed in. |
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Sassafras. Three types of leaves. |
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White clover. American red clover is European. |
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Ground ivy. Tea only. |
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Greenbrier. Smaller leaves edible. |
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Hawthorne. This is thornless variety. |
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Hawthorne. Flowers closeup. |
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American persimmon. No flowers. |
| 38 | ![]() |
Garlic mustard, second year |
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Black locust flowers. Only in season a few weeks. Only flowers edible. Rest is poisonous. |
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Black locust tree |
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Japanese barberry. Only light green leaves edible. Berries taste awful. Short season. Have to be careful of thorns. |
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Guilder rose, a.k.a. cramp bark. Berries too bitter. |
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Spike. Must have long neddles. Can break up needles and make tea. That's a house sparrow sitting on the branch. |
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Epazote. Use in bean dishes or tomato sauce. Small quantities. |
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Polonia tree. Not edible. |
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