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06/17/2014
In this walkabout I find that the both the Red and White clovers are in full bloom. The petals of both flowers contain a little bit of sweet nectar at the base of each cup-like petal. A sweet late Spring treat I have enjoyed since a kid. The flowers and leaves can be eaten as a potherb, in salads, and teas. Please don't over harvest since pollinators relay on this sweet-tasting plant - clover honey.
Then I come across some dogbane which isn't edible - in fact it is toxic to eat, but as a utilitarian plant it is very useful as that it produces very long and strong fibers for cordage making in after the plant goes to seed and dies off. I want to be sure to show the differences between the edible milkweed plant and the poisonous dogbane, since they can easily be confused especially in their younger stages.
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