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There has been a bunch of great threads on useful, edible, and poisonous plants around here, but for some reason they always seam to fall by the wayside.
In a Survival situation; knowing your edible or medicinal plants can be the difference between life and death. Many of us know how to hunt, but hunting burns a lot of energy and sometimes with out reward. I think Kevin Estela said it best with this; “I never seen a plant run away from anybody”.
So since we all like games, lets try to make a one out of a very rewarding subject.
Here are the rules, yes every game needs rules.
I will post a pic of an edible, medicinal, or Poisonous plant, tree, or shrub. I will tell you where it grows and how tall it is. The picture will not be blurry or from far away. It will have key identification points in it.
Someone has to correctly identify the plant with common name and scientific name. They also have to tell us if it is poisonous, edible, or medicinal.
If its edible; what parts are edible, etc….
If Medicinal; how, etc….
If poisonous; why, etc….
The person who guesses correct will post the next useful or poisonous plant, tree, or shrub. The pics you post must contain identification points. If you post a tree; we need detail shots of leaves, bark, etc. Pictures do not have to be your own, you can find them on the web… Oh, and try to keep the pics sized at or under 800x600 (15" screen)
If this goes as planned we should have a lot of fun and more importantly learn a lot.
Mods, can a brotha get sticky???
Here's the score:
Barberfobic-1
Rescue Riley-1
sufu- 1
Here’s the 1st one. Its native to Eastern North America. Usually found in moist to dry woods and thickets. Pretty common on flood plains or near shores or streams on sloping ground. Average height is about 6-18 inches
And if you’re lucky enough to find one flowering..
In a Survival situation; knowing your edible or medicinal plants can be the difference between life and death. Many of us know how to hunt, but hunting burns a lot of energy and sometimes with out reward. I think Kevin Estela said it best with this; “I never seen a plant run away from anybody”.
So since we all like games, lets try to make a one out of a very rewarding subject.
Here are the rules, yes every game needs rules.
I will post a pic of an edible, medicinal, or Poisonous plant, tree, or shrub. I will tell you where it grows and how tall it is. The picture will not be blurry or from far away. It will have key identification points in it.
Someone has to correctly identify the plant with common name and scientific name. They also have to tell us if it is poisonous, edible, or medicinal.
If its edible; what parts are edible, etc….
If Medicinal; how, etc….
If poisonous; why, etc….
The person who guesses correct will post the next useful or poisonous plant, tree, or shrub. The pics you post must contain identification points. If you post a tree; we need detail shots of leaves, bark, etc. Pictures do not have to be your own, you can find them on the web… Oh, and try to keep the pics sized at or under 800x600 (15" screen)
If this goes as planned we should have a lot of fun and more importantly learn a lot.
Mods, can a brotha get sticky???
Here's the score:
Barberfobic-1
Rescue Riley-1
sufu- 1
Here’s the 1st one. Its native to Eastern North America. Usually found in moist to dry woods and thickets. Pretty common on flood plains or near shores or streams on sloping ground. Average height is about 6-18 inches
And if you’re lucky enough to find one flowering..
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