Foraging in Inwood Park - July 17, 2011
Foraging in Inwood Park, Manhattan, New York, NY. Based on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill. Except for the panorama, all pictures were taken with a 90mm equivalent macro lens. Hence all pictures are closeups. This time I used spot focusing and the ISO was set to 3200 to increase depth of field.
1: Hawthorn. Out of season.
2: Burdock, first year.
3: Burdock, first year. Note whiteness underneath.
4: Burdock, second year.
5: Burdock burrs.
6: Wildman holding burdock root.
7: Digging up burdock root.
8: Wineberry.
9: Poison ivy.
10: Mugwort.
11: Common sow thistle.
12: Common sow thistle.
13: Garlic mustard, second year. Seeds are perfect to collect right now. Don't have to grind seeds to use. Note poison ivy in lower right.
14: Lambs quarters.
15: Catnip flowers.
16: Catnip flowers. Note square stems and leaves in two.
17: Catnip.
18: Asiatic day flower. Leaves taste like string beans. Seeds taste like peas.
19: Asiatic day flower. Flower only lasts a day.
20: A couple of early blackberries.
21: A grass that looks like Asiatic day flower. Like any grass, not poisonous, but not good to eat. See hairy stems.
22: Black raspberry. Has powder blue stem. Berries long past.
23: Poison ivy vine form is all over the tree. Note the berries in the summer.
24: Grass look-a-like and Asiatic day flower. Asiatic day flower doesn't have hairy stems.
25: Wildman holding up stalk of jewelweed.
26: Jewelweed.
27: Japanese knotweed. Out of season.
28: Japanese knotweed. Note stems.
29: Jewelweed flower.
30: Enchanter's nightshade. Can't get seeds off socks.
31: Staghorn sumac. A little early.
32: Staghorn sumac. A little early. When all dark red can make lemonade.
33: Staghorn sumac. A little early. Darker red when ripe. Have to be pointing upwards.
34: Wisteria. Flowers in Spring are edible.
35: A view of the Hudson River from the lookout where we ate lunch.
36: Unripe peach. Someone tossed a pit here and it grew.
37: Pokeweed. Out of season. [Not on tour.]
38: Bitter dock with seeds. [Not on tour.]
39: Poorman's pepper. Burned out in the lack of rain. [Not on tour.]
40: Field garlic.
41: Field garlic.
42: Pepper sedum. From the south. Needs heat to reproduce. Leaves are used to make tea. Berries when red are a seasoning.
43: Common spice bush.
44: Common spice bush.
45: Common spice bush.
46: Wildman holds up sassafras leaves and explains the three shapes that can have.
47: Sassafras root.
48: Sassafras leaves. Leaves also good in spring.
49: Black birch tree bark.
50: Black birch tree leaves.
51: Wood sorrel.
52: Common elderberry.
53: Kentucky coffee tree.
54: Kentucky coffee tree pods.
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