Foraging in Central Park - Nov 21, 1999
Foraging in Central Park, NYC on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill.
1: Wisteria. A nice trellis full of it. Out-of-season as only the flowers are edible.
2: Gingko. A tree with lots of fruits, but too near the street.
3: Gingko. See the fruits?
4: Gingko. Can't miss the fruits now!
5: Wrinkled Rose. Likes to grow near the seashore.
6: Wrinkled Rose
7: Wrinkled Rose
8: Pasteur Rose. A bit smaller, but still edible.
9: Pasteur Rose. Closer up.
10: Epazote. It's all over the park.
11: Epazote. Another place in the park.
12: White Snakeroot. Deadly!!
13: Central Park Lake
14: Central Park Lake
15: Greater Celandine
16: Greater Celandine
17: Arrowroot. Wildman once dug some out, but there was very little there. He buys it in the store.
18: Cattails. Now out of season.
19: Black Walnut. Nuts now all gone.
20: Witch Hazel
21: Witch Hazel. Close up of the flowers.
22: Witch Hazel. We found one that still had some leaves!
23: Witch Hazel. Another shot with leaves.
24: Common Mallow. A close up of the flower.
25: Jet Berry. Very poisonous!!
26: Rock outcropping in Rambles. Note north-south scratches left by receding glacier rocks.
27: Hackberries. Too old to eat.
28: Hackberries. Gray bark.
29: Garlic Mustard. Can eat root and small leaves.
30: Garlic Mustard
31: Gray Squirrel. We had a few visit us while we ate lunch. This one turned away as I was taking its picture.
32: Gray Squirrel. Now it posed nicely.
33: Gray Squirrel. Enhanced version.
34: Gray Squirrel. It was moving when I took the shot.
35: Field Garlic (Wild Onion). This fellow dug this up while we had lunch.
36: Broad Leaf Dock?
37: Burdock. Wildman is digging up the first one.
38: Burdock. This is the one Wildman dug up.
39: Burdock
40: Burdock
41: Burdock. The fellow that dug up the onions dug this one up.
42: Asiatic Day Flower. The camera had its own idea on focusing.
43: Lady's Thumb
44: Lady's Thumb
45: Japanese Knotweed
46: Lambs-quarters. Note top of stem is missing.
47: Lambs-quarters. Here's Wildman eating the missing top!
48: Mugwort
49: Milkweed. Winter form.
50: Milkweed. Winter form.
51: Milkweed. Winter form.
52: Milkweed. An opened pod.
53: Kentucky Coffee Tree. See the beans up there?
54: Kentucky Coffee Beans
55: Wildman is about to eat an American Persimmon.
56: American Persimmon
57: American Persimmon. Close up.
58: Fire Thorn (Pyracantha). Berries are edible.
59: Fire Thorn (Pyracantha).
60: Common Blue Violet. Note flower and different bud (which has the seeds).
61: Common Blue Violet
62: Common Blue Violet. I broke open a bud to show the seeds.
63: Common Blue Violet
64: Field Garlic (Wild Onion). A nice big patch.
65: Sassafras. Leaves are gone, but note the upward branching.
66: Sassafras. Wildman tries to eat some.
67: Chickweed
68: Chickweed
69: Chickweed. Elsewhere in the park.
70: Wood Sorrel
71: Bush Honeysuckle. Berries in May.
72: Horse Nettle. Poisonous!!
73: Quick Weed (Gallinsoya). Can be cooked, but unpalatable.
74: Crab apples.
75: Crab apples.
76: Crab apples.
77: Nasturtium. Wildman had never eaten this before. It isn't a wild plant! Kind of peppery.
78: Nasturtium Flower.
79: European Cut Leaf Blackberry. Come back in mid-August.
80: European Cut Leaf Blackberry. A nice big patch.
81: Amaranth
82: Amaranth
83: Amaranth
84: Amaranth
85: Dandelion
86: Enoki (Winter mushroom or Velvet foot). Now too old to eat.
87: June Berry. Winter Form.
88: June Berry. Close up of bud.
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