Identify or leave it: the method and the plant families
40 min
Two people walk the same lane in April. One sees "a load of green stuff". The other sees a square-stemmed dead-nettle, a rosette of hairy bittercress, garlic mustard by the wall, young hogweed leaves that are best left alone, and lords and ladies pushing up under the hedge. The difference is not talent. It is a method, applied every single time, and a working knowledge of the plant families that…
In this lesson
Positive identification: every feature, every time
The method
Contamination: the right plant in the wrong place
Plant families: a short cut that is not a licence
Cabbage family (Brassicaceae)
Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Rose family (Rosaceae)
Families and plants to treat with suspicion
The universal edibility test (last resort)
When to use it, and when never to
The procedure, and its weak points
Plants to rule out before you start
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