silverberry (autumn olive)
This non-native species, which tends to crowd other species out wherever it gets a foothold, produces edible fruit that is sour but packed with nutrients. Notice tiny silver dots on the berries, an...
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spicebush berries are in!
Find these near the Laurel Grove road entrance, especially plentiful by the side-trail toward the old pumphouse. For reflections on harvesting and enjoying spice berries, try nona brooklyn.
wood sorrel
I grew up munching on this lemony herb whenever I found it — which was often!
Fruiting linden (basswood)
This tree, abundant in the park, turns out to have quite a few uses as food! I missed the flowers, apparently; the young fruits are already showing along the stem that grows out of the bracts.
Narrow-leaved bittercress
Through reading Botany in a Day (which is taking me more than a day, incidentally) I became familiar enough with the pattern of the mustard family (Brassiceae) to recognize that this is a member, t...
Sitting on a wild strawberry...
Back in the early spring, I noticed the flowers, and vowed to come back to find the delicious (albeit tiny) fruits before the birds got them all. NH Gardener sounded skeptical in wishing me luck. W...