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The Wild Foodies of Philly: This is a collaborative effort! We are a group of wild foods
enthusiasts who came together in the summer of 2010 to learn more about wild
edibles, both plants and small critters. We want to learn more and spread the
news. We believe that wild foods, many of which grow up between the bricks on
Philadelphia sidewalks and streets, can become a major part of the American diet,
like it is in many other parts of the world!
Wild Foodies goals:
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to make wild plants a significant part of the American diet
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to provide a free
online infornmation
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to train guides
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to establish wild edible areas in
private and public spaces
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to work with
schools, environmental centers, parks, etc.
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encourage
restaurateurs to offer wild food and drinks
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to explore the world of bug eating,
Entomophagy, as well
other wild animals
GUIDEBOOKS & GUIDES:
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Edible Wild Plants, A North American Field
Guide, by Thomas S. Elias and Peter A. Dykeman, 1990 (traditional style field guide with
lots of color photos)
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Wildman Steve Brill's
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/ 2 books: purchase online color
edition of "Shoots and Greens" for $12.50
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Purchase/Payment.html#Anchor-The-47857 (big
book, will use up your color cartridges) ALSO:
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Books.Folder/I%20%26%20H%20Folder/Id'g%20%26%20Hvst'g.html
(all illustrated, no color, no photos, but lots of information)
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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern
and central North America by Lee Allen Peterson. Also: Peterson Guide, "Eastern/Central Medicinal
Plants and Herbs"
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"Nature's
Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting and Preparing Edible Wild
Plants" by Samuel Thayer (2010). Also,
The Forager's Harvest, A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and
Preparing edible wild plants, by Samuel Thayer, 2006 (much fewer
photos than A North American Field Guide, but more information) ALSO
SEE ONLINE:
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/The_Forager/forager.html PHOTOS:
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Plant_Families_Index.html
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Doug Elliott
- http://www.dougelliott.com
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Nancy Klehm
of
http://spontaneousvegetation.net/ and
http://socialecologies.net/
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David Siller
of Philadelphia, educator, forager, and tour guide:
beezsveet@gmail.com
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Other BOOKS and WEBSITES recommended by our
Wild Foodies of Philly:
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WEBSITES:
CAUTION:
- IDENTIFY (ID IT): Always be sure of what you
are eating. If you haven't
positively identified it, don't eat it.
- DIGESTION: Don't eat a lot of a plant the first time you taste it.
Go slowly and see how your system processes it.
- TOXINS: Don't eat plants that grow in potentially contaminated
areas, such as next to roads, former dump sites, current and former
industrial areas, etc.. Some plants can taste sweeter if they are
growing next to a roadway, but that sweetness could be its lead content!
- OXALIC ACID: Many green plants contain important
nutrients, but also oxalic acid. Too much oxalic acid, such as in
spinach, is said to
interfere with processing calcium and contribute to kidney stones.
Here's more information on it,
http://oxalicacidinfo.com/.
- MINT: Mint makes my joints ache if I drink it or expose any part of
my body to it, so I stay away from it! Editor: Lynn Landes
- CARBON FOOTPRINT: Some plants, in order to be edible, need
to be cooked, which results in a higher carbon
footprint.
WILD LIFE: pretty much just worms and insects
GENDLER'S LIST of Philadelphia's Wild (not all edible) Plants:
(UNDER
CONSTRUCTION!)
The photos are great! This is
list is being re-organized to make identification for the beginner easier.
So far, many of the plants to not include information on edibility. We'll
work to identify those plants, or go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_with_edible_leaves, although
this list is in dispute. We're only about 1/3 through Gendler's List.
(July 25, 2010)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/purslane/
Garden Purslane, Little Hogweed, Pusley, Munyeroo, etc. (very tiny yellow
blossom, commercial brands feature large flowers of different colors)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/velvetleaf/ Indian Mallow, Butterprint,
Pie Marker, Velvet Weed, Indian Hemp, Cotton-Weed, Butter-Weed, Buttonweed,
etc.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/yellowtoadflax/ Butter and Eggs, Eggs and Bacon,
Ramstead, Flaxweed, Wild Snapdragon, Jacob's Ladder, etc.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/sweetsagewort/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/sowthistle/ Sowthistle, Common Sowthistle
and Smooth Sowthistle
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http://www.weedalogue.com/birdsfoot/
Bird's-Foot Trefoil, Birdfoot Deervetch, Birdsfoot Deervetch, Bird's-Foot
Deervetch and Bacon and Eggs
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http://www.weedalogue.com/earlyyellowrocket/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/sunflower/
Common Sunflower
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http://www.weedalogue.com/showysunflower/ Beautiful Sunflower and Cheerful
Sunflower
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http://www.weedalogue.com/spanishneedles/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/commonmullein/ Wooly Mullein, Velvet Dock,
Big Taper, Candle-Wick, Flannel-Leaf etc.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/blackeyedsusan/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/blackmedick/
Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
also known as: nonesuch, yellow trefoil, hop clover and hop medic.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/bulbousbuttercup/
Bulbous Crowfoot, St. Anthony's Turnip,
Yellow Weed, Blister Flower and Gowan
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http://www.weedalogue.com/falseflax/ Falseflax, Littlepod False Flax,
Smallseed Falseflax and Small Fruited Falseflax.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/partridgepea/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/greatercelandine/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/catsear/ Hairy Cat's Ear, False Dandelion and
Frogbit (looks like dandelion)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/cinquefoil/ Common Cinquefoil, five finger
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http://www.weedalogue.com/prim/ Common Evening-Primrose
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http://www.weedalogue.com/groundcherry/ Lesser Celandine, Pilewort and Fig
Buttercup
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http://www.weedalogue.com/commongroundsel/
Old-man-in-the-Spring, Common Groundsel, Groundsel, Ragwort, Grimsel, Grinsel,
Grundsel, Simson, Birdseed, Chickenweed, Old-man-of-the-spring, Squaw Weed,
Grundy Swallow, Ground Glutton, Common Butterweed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senecio_vulgaris
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http://www.weedalogue.com/stjohnswort/ Common St. John's Wort,
Klamathweed and Klamath Weed
Purple: (also check lavender and
pink)
Lavender or Pink: (also check
purple)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/lookingglass/ Venus' Looking-Glass, Clasping
Bellwort and Roundleaved Triodanis
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http://www.weedalogue.com/highmallow/ Mallow, Common Mallow, Tall Mallow,
Wood Mallow and French Hollyhock
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http://www.weedalogue.com/filaree/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/bractedverbena/
Bracted Vervain, Bigbract Verbena, Bigbract
Vervain, Large Bracted Vervain, Creeping Verbena, Prostrate Vervain,
etc.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/swampverbena/ Blue
Vervain.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/alsike/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/swampmilkweed/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/milkweed/ Common
Milkweed (very pale, almost white)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/lemonbalm/ (could
be white)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/soapwort/ (very
pale) Bouncing Bet and Sweet William
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http://www.weedalogue.com/bullthistle/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/canadathistle/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/muskthistle/ Nodding Thistle or Nodding
Plumeless Thistle
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http://www.weedalogue.com/geranium/ Carolina Cranesbill, Carolina
Geranium
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http://www.weedalogue.com/catnip/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/groundivy/ Gill-Over-The-Ground, Creeping
Charlie, Cats-Foot and Field Balm
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http://www.weedalogue.com/knapweed/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/dwarfsnapdragon/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/spiderflower/ Pink Queen
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http://www.weedalogue.com/chickweed/
Winterweed, Starwort and Starweed,
(reddish stem)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/garlicmustard/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/commonyarrow/ Yarrow,
Milfoil, Allheal, Thousand-leaf, Bloodwort, Carpenter's Grass, Cammock, Green
Arrow, Gordoloba, Plumajillo, Sneezeweed, Nosebleed, Green Adder's Mouth,
Soldier's Woundwort, Dog Daisy, Old-man's-pepper, etc.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/pokeweed/ Poke, Pokum, Skoke, Skokum,
Pokeroot, Pokeberry, Pigeonberry, Inkberry, Cancerjalap, American-Nightshade,
American-Spinach, Bear's Grape, Coak, Crowberry, Haystack-Weed, etc.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/angelstrumpet/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/mayweed/ Mayweed Chamomile, Stinking Chamomile,
Dog Fennel and Pig-Stye-Daisy
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http://www.weedalogue.com/hempdogbane/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/sandwort/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/hairyaster/ looks
like daisy)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/lemonbalm/ Bee
Balm and Common Balm (could be very pale pink)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/whitecampion/ Evening
Lychnis and Bladder Campion
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http://www.weedalogue.com/venicemallow/Venice
Mallow (Hibiscus trionum L.)
also known as: Flower-Of-An-Hour, Bladder
Ketmia, Modesty and Shoo-Fly
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http://www.weedalogue.com/burcucumber/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/buttonbush/
Common buttonbush (flower in shape of a ball)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/hedgebindweed/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/horseweed/
Mare's Tail
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http://www.weedalogue.com/shepherdspurse/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/bittercress/ Hairy Bittercress
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http://www.weedalogue.com/horsenettle/ Carolina Horsenettle
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http://www.weedalogue.com/carpetweed/
Green Carpetweed, looks like cleaver (catchweed, bedstraw), but taste fine and
isn't cratchy
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http://www.weedalogue.com/nodding/ Nodding Spurge, Eyebane
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http://www.weedalogue.com/chicory/ Blue
Sailors and Coffeeweed (mostly looks blue, but sometimes white)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/climbingfalse/
Climbing False Buckwheat
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http://www.weedalogue.com/commonmallow/ Roundleaf Mallow, Dwarf
Mallow, Running Mallow, Malice, Round Dock and Buttonweed
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http://www.weedalogue.com/hairygalinsoga/ Shaggy Soldier and Common
Quickweed
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http://www.weedalogue.com/lambsquarter/ Lamb's Quarter, Lamb's-quarters,
Common Lamb's-quarters, Lambsquarter, Goosefoot, White Goosefoot, Fat-hen,
Pigweed, etc.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/mugwort/
Common Mugwort and Chrysanthemum Weed
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http://www.weedalogue.com/wormseed/
Epazote, Mexican Tea, Jesuit's Tea or Herba Sancta Marić
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/medicinal/epazote.html
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http://www.weedalogue.com/clammygoosefoot/ Clammy Goosefoot, Small
Crumbweed (reddish stem)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/carpetweed/ Carpet Weed, Green Carpetweed
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http://www.weedalogue.com/redroot/
Amaranth, Redroot pigweed, Green Pigweed, Rough Pigweed and Careless Weed
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http://www.weedalogue.com/spottedspurge/
Prostrate Spurge, Milk Purslane and Spotted Sandmat (? purselain
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http://www.weedalogue.com/copperleaf/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/goutweed/
Gout Weed (Aegopodium podagraria L.)
also known as: Bishop's Weed and Bishop's Goutweed
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http://www.weedalogue.com/tumbleweed/ aramanths
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http://www.weedalogue.com/livid/ prostrate
pigweed, aramanths
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http://www.weedalogue.com/redroot/ aramanths
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http://www.weedalogue.com/ragweed/
Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) also known as: Annual Ragweed,
Bitterweed, Hay-Fever Weed, Hog-Weed, Mayweed, Roman Wormweed, Wild Tansy,
etc.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/giantragweed/ (http://organictobe.org/2008/09/09/the-irony-of-giant-ragweed/ )
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http://www.weedalogue.com/ragweed/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/dodder/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/mugwort/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/triangleorache/ (triangle
shape)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/catchweed/ (might
be white) Catchweed, Bedstraw, Goosegrass, Cleavers, Sticky Willy, etc. (looks
like carpet weed)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/kochia/
Burning Bush, Mexican Burning Bush, Mexican Fireweed, Fireball, Belvedere, Red
Belvedere, Belvedere-Cypress, Mock-Cypress, Summer Cypress and Mirabel
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http://www.weedalogue.com/bitterdock/
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http://www.weedalogue.com/blackseed/ PLANTAIN
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http://www.weedalogue.com/commonplantain/ Broadleaf Plantain, Greater
Plantain etc.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/ribwort/ Ribwort Plantain (Plantago
lanceolata L.) also known as: ribwort, ribgrass, buckhorn, buckhorn plantain,
English plantain, lance leaved plantain, lanceleaf plantain, lanceleaf
Indianwheat, narrowleaf plantain, narrow leaved plantain, rat tail, lamb's
tongue, wild sago. etc.
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http://www.weedalogue.com/crowdipper/ Pinellia and Breitenbach
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http://www.weedalogue.com/indica/
Marijuana (Cannabis)
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http://www.weedalogue.com/teasel/
Fuller's Teasel and sometimes designated Dipsacus sylvestris
FUNGI / LICHEN:
MARSH PLANTS:
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