1: Shepherd's Purse. Better before it flowers. In garlic family.

2: Shepherd's Purse with flower.

3: Japanese Yew in flower

4: Chickweed. Getting warmth from step to get an early start.

5: Chickweed. Getting warmth from step to get an early start.

6: Broadleaf/Bitterdock. Too bitter to eat.

7: Field Garlic

8: Garlic Mustard. Second year.

9: Garlic Mustard. First year.

10: Gout weed. The park has lots of it.

11: Japanese Knotweed. Last year's stalks. Good for flutes.

12: Japanese Knotweed. New shoots. Now edible, and will be for only a couple more weeks. This is a fast grower.

13: Mugwort. With a little gout weed mixed in.

14: Prickly Ash

15: Prickly Ash. Closeup of trunk.

16: Black Raspberry. Note arching stems. Berries from 3rd week in June to 1st in July.

17: Black Raspberry. Note red stem and white powder.

18: Common Spice Bush

19: Common Spice Bush. Closeup of the flowers. See the bugs?

20: Wineberries

21: Greater Celandine. Poisonous, used medicinally.

22: Lemon Balm. A cultivated one.

23: Chicory

24: Cultivated Plum Tree. Fruits in late June.

25: Cultivated Plum Tree. Closeup of flowers.

26: Dandelion. Young and sweet.

27: Hazelnut Bush. In September can collect the nuts.

28: Parsnips. Okay now, but not by April.

29: Day Lilies. Some people can't eat them. Can be confused with others that are poisonous.

30: Bush Honeysuckle. Edible berries in May.

31: The group is at the curly dock.

32: Curly dock. Leaves good until early May.

33: Curly dock. A nice patch that has been there for decades.

34: Curly dock. Also called yellow dock. See yellow root.

35: Curly dock. One of the participants dug up a nice one.

36: Red Clover. Not too good right now. Best in June when it flowers. And the flowers are the best. The leaves are hard to digest.

37: Dandelion. These got some extra warmth from the walk and have flowered early.

38: European cut-leaf blackberry. Note square stems.

39: Bitterdock. Too bitter to eat.

40: Chickweed. Mixed in with grass and hard to harvest. This is what the winter crop looks like.

41: Burdock. Little leaves now.

42: Garlic Mustard. A big one that would have decent roots (which are like horseradish).

43: Common Plantain

44: Narrow/Long Leaf Plantain. Not too good. Mostly for mosquito bites.