Foraging in Prospect Park - July 29, 2001
Foraging in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Based on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill.
1: Purslane.
2: Purslane closeup.
3: Lady's thumb.
4: Lady's thumb flower closeup.
5: Wood sorrel.
6: White snakeroot in situ.
7: White snakeroot in Steve's hand.
8: Wild cherry.
9: Black cherry tree trunk.
10: Common nightshade. Flower closeup.
11: Garlic mustard.
12: Garlic mustard seeds.
13: Burdock flower closeup.
14: Enchanter's nightshade. Sticks to clothes.
15: Garlic mustard. 1st year.
16: Pokeweed. Out of season.
17: Pokeweed. Out of season.
18: Pokeweed. Out of season.
19: Goutweed with flowers.
20: Garlic mustard. 1st year.
21: Common plantain.
22: Goutweed flower.
23: Blackberry.
24: Sassafras.
25: Sassafras leaves.
26: Sassafras.
27: May-apple.
28: May-apple.
29: Common spice bush.
30: Enchanter's nightshade. Closeup of the sticky burrs.
31: Burdock.
32: Burdock.
33: Chicken mushroom. Now dried out.
34: Poor man's pepper.
35: Epazote.
36: Elderberry.
37: Elderberry. Not ripe.
38: Elderberry.
39: Sweet pepper bush. Not edible. Can make soap.
40: Sweet pepper bush. Flower closeup.
41: Sweet pepper bush. Last year's flowers.
42: Poison ivy.
43: Chickweed.
44: Violets. Out of season.
45: Wineberries.
46: Bitter dock. Not edible.
47: Black cherries.
48: Black walnuts. Will fall to ground in October.
49: Field of poor man's pepper. Been mowed.
50: Amaranth. It's also been mowed.
51: Oyster mushrooms. Old.
52: Jet berry. Or jet bead. Poisonous.
53: Hedge mustard.
54: Lamb's quarters.
55: Jewelweed.
56: Jewelweed flower.
57: Purple flowering raspberry.
58: Purple flowering raspberry. Berry closeup.
59: Purple flowering raspberry.
60: Black raspberry.
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