Foraging in Prospect Park - March 04, 2001
Foraging in Prospect Park, Brooklyn with "Wildman" Steve Brill.
1: Shepherd's purse
2: Shepherd's purse closeup
3: Field garlic
4: Field garlic bulb
5: Star of Bethlehem. Will make you sick. Does NOT smell like onions.
6: Star of Bethlehem. Note white strips on leaves.
7: Japanese yew closeup
8: Gout weed
9: Garlic mustard. Had to clear away the leaves to find it.
10: Garlic mustard root
11: Mugwort. New coming up.
12: Mugwort. Last year.
13: Red bud. Last year's buds.
14: Dandelion
15: Clover. Marginally edible. Okay now.
16: Poke weed. Last year's.
17: Wood aster. Not edible. Blooms in fall.
18: Witch hazel
19: Witch hazel in full bllom. Closeup.
20: Sassafras trunk. Note horizontal cuts in bark.
21: Jet berries from last year. Poisonous.
22: Black raspberry. Note white powder on stem.
23: Prickly ash. Medicinal, not edible.
24: Prickly ash closeup
25: Burdock. Last year's burrs on the ground. Too early for new growth.
26: Burdock burrs closeup
27: Poison ivy winter form. Still poisonous.
28: Greater celandine. Poisonous to eat. Use paste on poison ivy rash.
29: Chicory
30: Buckhorn plantain
31: Hazelnut
32: Hazelnut a little closer.
33: Hazelnut closeup
34: Parsnips
35: Parsnip root
36: Broad leaf, or bitter dock. Not very tasty.
37: Day lily shoots
38: Sassafras shoot. Note upward arching of branches.
39: Sassafras root. Biggest we've ever pulled.
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