Urban Foraging and Ecology

1 Credit · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Urban foraging and ecology – from winter nuts to spring greens and flowers We will meet weekly throughout the spring semester, to span the winter/spring foraging season. We’ll begin by harvesting nuts and roots in January, collecting violets and redbud flowers in May, and enjoying a range of edible leaves, stems, flowers, fruits, and seeds in between. In this one-credit course, we will learn to recognize a range of edible, useful, and poisonous plants in the DC area, and along the way will delve into relevant topics in botany and plant ecology.