American pokeweed - also known as Poke sallet, Inkberry, Pigeon berry, Poke salad
Jack in the Pulpit Berries
Jack-in- the-Pulpit is considered dangerous and should not be eaten raw; it is a poisonous plant. The plant's leaves, berries, and corms
contain calcium oxalate, which is a chemical compound that takes the
form of tiny crystalline structures.
Beefsteak Fungus, Ox-tongue fungus
Growing on living or dead oak and sweet chestnut.
Indian pipe is a parasitic plant that survives by taking the nutrients from certain fungi, trees and decaying plant matter. This complicated, mutually beneficial process allows the plant to survive.
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Meadow and cypress trees
