Foraging in Prospect Park - July 08, 2001
Foraging in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Based on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill. Includes some pictures taken four days later to replace ones that hadn't come out.
1: Juneberry.
2: Dog stinkhorn mushroom.
3: Hedge mustard.
4: Hedge mustard flower close up.
5: Hedge mustard.
6: Young hedge mustard.
7: Purslane.
8: Quickweed. Not good to eat.
9: Greater Ragweed [Ambrosia trifida]. Not edible. Known for causing allergies.
10: Garlic mustard, 2nd year.
11: Poor man's pepper.
12: Hedge mustard again.
13: Lady's thumb.
14: Wood sorrel.
15: Burdock, 2nd year. See stalk. When no flowers is still edible.
16: Burdock. Steve holding peeled stem. Boil one minute.
17: Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral, butterfly.
18: Boletus rubellus.
19: Boletus rubellus.
20: Pigskin poison puffballs.
21: Little brown mushrooms. Too many look alike. People don't know if edible.
22: Little brown mushrooms.
23: Mica caps. Inky cap family. Turn to ink as they get older. Tasteless, but not poisonous.
24: Fibercaps. Poisonous. See radial lines.
25: Poison ivy.
26: Epazote.
27: Epazote leaf closeup.
28: Mugwort. Can make tea.
29: Mugwort. Deeply cut leaves.
30: Horse nettle. In nightshade family. Poisonous.
31: Horse nettle. In nightshade family. Poisonous. But the bees like it.
32: Witch hazel.
33: Kousa dogwood.
34: Horse chestnut.
35: Hawthorne.
36: Hawthorne leaf.
37: European blackberry.
38: Common spicebush.
39: Burdock, 1st year.
40: Queen Anne's lace. 2nd year. Is wild carrot.
41: Common evening primrose.
42: Cattails.
43: Black raspberry. First year no berries.
44: Elderberry. Ripe in August.
45: Common blackberry.
46: Common blackberry.
47: Purple flowering raspberry.
48: Purple flowering raspberry.
49: Poor man's pepper.
50: Common mallow.
51: Common mallow flower.
52: Jewelweed.
53: Wineberry.
54: Lamb's quarters.
55: Amaranth. Little black seeds in the Fall.
56: Burdock flower closeup.
57: Pokeweed. Berries poison. Stems can be cooked in the Spring.
58: Sweet wormwood.
59: Goutweed.
60: Goutweed flower.
61: Elderberry flowers. Flowers edible.
62: Burdock root.
63: Enchanter's nightshades. Burrs stick to you.
64: Juneberry. [This picture and following were taken on Jul 12th on a quick bike trip I made to the park. To replace some that hadn't come out well.]
65: Juneberry. Berry closeup.
66: Quickweed flower.
67: Goutweed flower.
68: Patch of goutweed in flower.
69: Elderberry flower.
70: Common spice bush berry.
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