1: Central Park Lake

2: Central Park Lake

3: Cornelian cherry. Not in cherry family, but in dogwood family.

4: Cornelian cherry closeup. Not ripe yet. Will be ripe in Central Park in early August.

5: Mulberry tree. There are many in Central Park.

6: Mulberry tree closeup.

7: Mulberries on tarp. You spread out the tarp, climb the tree, and shake a limb.

8: Central Park Lake

9: Central Park Lake

10: Blueberries. Not ripe.

11: Cattails

12: Cattails closeup. Male part is above female part.

13: Pair of mallard ducks.

14: Wood sorrel

15: Central Park Lake

16: Central Park Lake

17: Common spice bush

18: Jet berry. Immature. Poisonous.

19: Wineberry

20: Wineberry closeup

21: Indian strawberries. Tasteless.

22: Epazote. Used for seasoning in bean and tomato dishes.

23: Epazote in situ.

24: Catalpa tree. Not edible.

25: Small unknown mushroom.

26: Small unknown mushrooms.

27: Poison ivy

28: Hedge mustard. At the end of its season.

29: Hedge mustard closeup.

30: Elderberry. Leaves poisonous. Flowers must be cooked. Berries in late summer.

31: Jet berry flower. Poisonous.

32: Pineapple weed

33: Yellow watercress

34: European cut-leaf blackberry

35: European cut-leaf blackberry flower closeup

36: European cut-leaf blackberry flower closeup

37: Lamb's quarters by where we ate lunch.

38: A squirrel checking us out while we ate lunch.

39: Group looking at hazelnut bush.

40: Hazelnut closeup

41: Nasturtium flowers. Edible, but can't eat them in the Shakespeare Garden.

42: Black raspberries

43: Purple flowering raspberry

44: Lamb's quarters. Large patch by Belvedere Castle.

45: Blueberries

46: June berry

47: June berry closeup

48: Sassafras leaves. They come in three types.

49: One of the tour participants smelling the sasasfras root she pulled.

50: Common blue violet. Like lettuce. Getting to the end of the season. Now only small leaves in the shade are good.

51: Field garlic. Steve explaining you have to peel the bulbs.

52: Field garlic bulb closeup

53: Field garlic seed pod

54: Field garlic seed pod. More mature than the prior one.

55: Different type of mulberry. Has loped leaves.

56: Kentucky coffee tree beans.

57: Wild persimmons. Flower closeup. Leaves now good for tea. Fruits in late fall.

58: Wild persimmons trunk. Very dark. In ebony family. Notice rectangles.

59: Epazote again.

60: Poor man's pepper.

61: Common spice bush with immature berries.

62: Beech tree

63: Day lilies. Flowers are edible.

64: Apple trees.

65: Burdock. First year plant has root edible throughout year.

66: 2nd year burdock. Note leaves on central stem. Root is inedible, but can eat the stem like artichoke. This is young second year.

67: 2nd year burdock. Older than the prior one.

68: Wild cherries along reservoir. Lower branches have been pruned off.

69: Mulberries along reservoir.

70: June berries closeup. Immature.