A Little Food For Thought From The Southern Woods

[lmalterna]

Looks like greenbriar, nice to run into in the dark when strung between trees. Wild Rose is sharp and nasty as well.

Plenty(sp correction) of thorn trees here. I am clearing a walking trail through a lot my church bought and keep hitting the thorny saplings.

My reaction to ivy is low but I have known people to get ate up with it handling firewood. luckily when we cut we are well covered but bare arms carrying it in the house can result in a few bumps. 91% alcohol usually dries the bumps out well.

Bill

 

[Mistwalker]

Tried to reply...got this...no idea what's up with it...

 

[zpstl321]

I knew a gal that made baskets out of this stuff. The way she discovered it was that she broke out pretty much from head to toe. She was wearing shorts and a T when she made them. Not good! I told her it was likely oak vines and she should see her doctor.

The doctor gave her a couple of scripts than helps in a few days.

 

[GarnetandBlack]

Thanks for the time and energy put into this one mistwalker. Very insightful and good information. I didn't know that! hopefully threads like these go a long ways in education and prevention of bushcraft accidents.

 

[Shaun Tan]

Thanks for sharing!
Side track: Nice edge on the blade!

 

[Mistwalker]

Thanks for the time and energy put into this one mistwalker. Very insightful and good information. I didn't know that! hopefully threads like these go a long ways in education and prevention of bushcraft accidents.

I'm glad you enjoyed the post and gained something from it! That's what this forum is all about man, people sharing thoughts and information. I learn things about environments I am not in all the time here, I just try to give back by sharing what I can about my own environment.

Thanks for sharing!
Side track: Nice edge on the blade!

Glad you like the post!

Yep, and still the same edge Todd put on it when he made it

 

[bored2deth]

People so often forget that even trees can harbor poisons and toxins. Oleander is a nasty one, and often encountered as a pretty, flowered bush? Oh...I hate..hate..HATE dried out thorn vines...especially blackberry thorns. They will slash you to pieces if they get caught in your clothing or your move through them unknowingly, and with force. They can dig in deep, slice you open and even break off inside your cuts...now that is a pain in the hiney.

 

[Mistwalker]

People so often forget that even trees can harbor poisons and toxins. Oleander is a nasty one, and often encountered as a pretty, flowered bush? Oh...I hate..hate..HATE dried out thorn vines...especially blackberry thorns. They will slash you to pieces if they get caught in your clothing or your move through them unknowingly, and with force. They can dig in deep, slice you open and even break off inside your cuts...now that is a pain in the hiney.

Most people are so far removed from the natural environment that we have all but lost knowledge that our ancestors of a couple hundred years ago saw as elementary. Knowledge that was gained over thousands of years, is all but lost now after a couple of centuries of industrialization. Oh, after growing up playing Robin Hood, Cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers, capture the flag...and any other childhood game you can think of...in these woods I have a very good understanding of our plethora of brier vines...lots of scars left from all the lessons