Wabash Trace Forage Walk

Last night (September 12), Jamie Smidt Fowler led a plant identification walk near Imogene. This program was part of our Fremont County Outdoor Adventures. funded by Fremont County Tourism. The walk focused on edible and medicinal uses of plants, as well as discussion of which plants are native or invasive. Below is a sampling of some of the plants we saw!
(Please note that not all of these plants are edible. Foraging should only be done when you can properly identify species and know how to adequately prepare them for consumption).

Wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)

Tall blue lettuce (lactuca biennis)

Black cherry (Prunus serotina)

White snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)

White mulberry (Morus alba)

Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)

Ground cherry

Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)

Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)

Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)

Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)

Tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum)

Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)

Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

Basswood/American linden (Tilia americana)

Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)

Wild plum (Prunus americana)

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

Burdock (Arctium lappa)

Blue violet (Viola sororia)

Big bluestem/turkeyfoot (Andropogon gerardii)

Common soapwort/Wild Sweet William/Bouncing Bett (Saponaria officinalis)

Climbing false buckwheat vine (Fallopia scandens)

Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

Chicory (Cichorium intybus)

Wild grape (Vitis riparia)

Black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

Participants learn about plants along the trail from Jamie.

Participants learn about plants along the trail from Jamie.