Plant Walk Photos

2015-05-15

Participants learn about White Pine

If you look very close...

The venerable cattail

Cattail patches are nature's grocery store

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carrot is both delicious and nutritious

Sassafras is another wonderfully useful forest tree

2015-06-27

Before venturing into the forest, we should learn about Jewelweed.

It is a very unassuming, yet important plant

Yarrow is something we should all know

Everyone pays close attention

Take lots of pictures

Milkweed is not only edible, it is rather tasty

Cattail shoots are still ripe for harvest

Plant walks are always a lot of fun

Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus

Ok, everyone try the bark at the same time...

Blueberries, they're everywhere, they're everywhere

2015-09-12

Milkweed can be quite delicious

Rose hips are a great source of Vitamin C

Go on, give them a try

Perfectly ripe Staghorn Sumac

Cattails provide something edible all year long.
These corms are delicious.

Willow has been used medicinally for millenia

If you look in the right spot, you will find plenty of Jewelweed

Evening primrose

Sometimes beauty is enough

Lambs quarters, plantain, clover, wood sorrel, wild lettuce, dandelion, and cleavers
An entire salad sitting at the base of these stair.

Everyone loves the feel of Mullein leaves

Stinging Nettles are not the enemy you might think.

While not delicious, the inner bark of White pine can keep you alive.

2016-07-23

It is hot out there, lets try to stick to the shade

I told you it was hot, Unfortunately cattails typically do not grow in the shade

We can however pick a few stems, and move to the shade for a snack

The kid had had enough

Pictures of Self Heal

The Sassafras was a big hit

The group was lucky enough to come upon some Indian Pipe.

2016-09-10

One should always know jewelweed before going afield

Inside this enlargement on a goldenrod stem we find a tasty little snack for us, or to use a bait.

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I love it when kids get right into the action

Witch Hazel

The walk is just about over

2017-05-13

2017-09-02

Showing the seeds of wild grape (Vitis L.)

While a bit tart, highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum) can be made into a delicious and nutritious jam or sauce.

Rose hips (Rosa spp.) are a great source of vitamin C

Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)

English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)

Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

Jewelweed, (Impatiense capensis), is a great treatment for the irriation of poison ivy.

Wintergreen, (Gaultheria procumbens), is a great analgesic and anti-inflammatory.

Testing natures toothbrush, Sassafrass (Sassafras albidum)

There is nothing better than Indian Cucumber (Medeola virginiana)

While I talk about the identification and usage of Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), a walk attendee demonstrates either a hug, or a rear naked choke.