Sunday, June 29, 2014

Plant Walk - June 29, 2014

I went on my first Plant Walk at Sutter's Landing Park in Sacramento, with Northern California Wild Edible Plant Foraging Society! It was very hot, but I enjoyed the hike. I learned quite a few new plants and was reminded of some others. I looked most of them up online when I got home and hope I labeled them correctly ... there are a couple I'm still unsure of. I'll correct them as I learn more.
Goathead; Tribulus terrestris
Wild Mustard; Brassica campestris
Yellow Star Thistle; Centaurea solstitialis
California Poppy; Eschscholzia californica
Blue Elderberry; Sambucus cerulea
California Wild Grape; Vitis californica
Common Chicory; Cichorium intybus
Common Horehound; Marrubium vulgare
White Oak; Quercus alba ?
Fennel; Foenichulum vulgare
Mugwort; Artemisia douglasiana
Jimson Weed; Datura wrightii
Curly Dock; Rumex crispus
California Blackberry; Rubus ursinus
Black Cottonwood; Populus trichocarpa
Arroyo Willow; Salix lasiolepsis
Box Elder; Acer negundo
Horsetail; Equisetum hyemale
Horseweed; Conyza canadensis
Wild Lettuce; Lactuca virosa
Prickly Lettuce; Lactuca serriola
Wild Radish; Raphanus sativus - seed pods
Wild Radish/Star Thistle/Wild Oats
California Wild Oats; Avena fatua
Lamb's Quarter; Chenopodium album
Coyote Tobacco; Nicotiana attenuata
Black Nightshade; Solanum nigrum
Wild Radish; Raphanus sativus - flowers
Black Walnut; Juglans californica
California Wild Rose; Rosa californica
Black Locust; Robinia pseudoacacia
California Brome Grass; Bromus carinatus
Poison Hemlock; Conium maculatum
Southern Catalpa; Catalpa bignonioides
Canada Geese
Epazote; Dysphania ambrosioides
Campion; ?
Himalayan Blackberry; Rubus armeniacus