SO i got the peterson book on edible plants
and rented a few others from the library and started working my way through the forest today
i ID'd a few plants and trees but need help with a couple
at first glance i thought this one was cow parsnip, but then i looked closer at it and my little book seemed to say otherwise
but as far as i can tell it doesnt match up with any of the others...
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theyre growing along the stream
this is in California btw
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the second is a tree
I think its California Buckeye?
but i didnt see any of the huge white flower stems
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the white-ish moss covered wood is the trunk
it wasnt too old of a tree
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