First Hike of Spring 2110

[pitdog]

"I think maybe this was done by Pileated Woodpeckers, there were a couple in the immediate area...their call is unmistakable."

Woodpeckers don't use knives buddy, I'm gonna guess some crazy W&SS nut !

Great pics as always buddy, there is just something so special about hikes beside water eh !

Regarding the Trillium I have found no uses for our Trillium species as yet !

 

[Mistwalker]

Woodpeckers don't use knives buddy, I'm gonna guess some crazy W&SS nut !

Great pics as always buddy, there is just something so special about hikes beside water eh !

Regarding the Trillium I have found no uses for our Trillium species as yet !

Yeah yeah...I know lol. Ever seen Pileated woodpeckers in action ?!
I had a couple attacking my back porch for a while over the carpenter bees. They're about as bad as those crazy birds in Australia that eat parts of houses!

Thanks bro, glad you liked the pictures!

Ya never know, it never hurts to ask. Seems like I remember something from distant memories about the flowers of this plant but I can't remember...and don't remember the name. I'll have to post them on a botany forum I'm on to see. Anybody here recognise them?

 

[canadiantrailman]

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[paleojoe]

Great pics Mistwalker,


the above pictured plant looks like a Lacecap a.k.a Wild Hydrangea spp. to me, used for urinary and prostate issues


as for the uses of the Red Trillium, the old-time name was 'birthroot', lending to its use of the rhizomes to stop hemoragging. A tea was made (of the roots) for women after childbirth to reduce bleeding. Indigenous Americans used the leaves as a poultice for skin issues...

 

[jacktrades_nbk]

great pics,as always,... thanks for sharing
reminds me of the mountain rivers in Italy, and the views there as well, where i used to hike a lot a few years ago

 

[Mistwalker]

Awesome pics, makes me want to go hiking. I would take the rain water on the rock assuming it was from yesterday and that nothing was sitting in it of suspicion. But I would still boil or chemically treat it if at all possible.

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed them...get out there and go for a hike, does wonders for the head!

That's what I found myself thinking as I sat there...looking up at the bluffs knowing there were houses not far from there.

Great pics Mistwalker,


the above pictured plant looks like a Lacecap a.k.a Wild Hydrangea spp. to me, used for urinary and prostate issues


as for the uses of the Red Trillium, the old-time name was 'birthroot', lending to its use of the rhizomes to stop hemoragging. A tea was made (of the roots) for women after childbirth to reduce bleeding. Indigenous Americans used the leaves as a poultice for skin issues...

Thanks, as a kid I used to hang out some with an old woman I only knew as Miss Anny, she was a friend of my grandfathers and I used to help her sometimes just for some of the water from her well...she had the best tasting water! I never knew much about her other than she seemed to know something about every plant in the fields and woods around her cabin. She made lots of teas and concoctions but we moved away before I was old enough to really pay attention to what she was teaching me....and when I got back that way as an adult she had passed on. Now it's all a jumble and blurry memories.

great pics,as always,... thanks for sharing
reminds me of the mountain rivers in Italy, and the views there as well, where i used to hike a lot a few years ago

Thanks Jack, glad you enjoyed them. It's always good to help someone recall fond memories.

 

[tonym]

as for the uses of the Red Trillium, the old-time name was 'birthroot', lending to its use of the rhizomes to stop hemoragging. A tea was made (of the roots) for women after childbirth to reduce bleeding. Indigenous Americans used the leaves as a poultice for skin issues...

Yup, Trillium is also edible as well. It was an important food source during the great depression. So I was told, maybe Doc has some first hand knowledge from back then...

Here is some more info I found.

Trillium is edible and medicinal, it has a long history of use by Native Americans. The young edible unfolding leaves are an excellent addition to salad tasting somewhat like sunflower seeds. The leaves can also be cooked as a pot herb. The root is used as an alternative medicine and is antiseptic, antispasmodic, diuretic, emmenagogue (to promote menstruation), and ophthalmic. The roots, fresh or dry, may be boiled in milk and used for diarrhea and dysentery. The raw root is grated and applied as a poultice to the eye in order to reduce swelling, or on aching rheumatic joints. The leaves were boiled in lard and applied to ulcers as a poultice, and to prevent gangrene. An infusion of the root is used in the treatment of cramps and a common name for the plant, ‘birthroot', originated from its use to promote menstruation. A decoction of the root bark can be used as drops in treating earache. Constituents found in the volatile and fixed oils are, tannic acid, saponin, a glucoside resembling convallamarin, sulphuric acid and potassium dichromate, gum, resin, and starch.

 

[dawsonbob]

Great pics, as always, Mist.

You're creek would probably be called a river out here. In fact, I think it's bigger than some portions of the San Diego River.

Are you all talking about the same "Trillium"? I looked up the Trillium Erectus on Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillium_erectum ) and it says not to eat it. Also, the pictures look different than yours. There must be different kinds of Trillium.

 

[tonym]

Are you all talking about the same "Trillium"? I looked up the Trillium Erectus on Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillium_erectum ) and it says not to eat it. Also, the pictures look different than yours. There must be different kinds of Trillium.

The whole plant is not edible! Only the young leaves.

Use Wildlife: Birds and mammals eat the berries.
Use Food: EDIBLE PARTS / PREPARATION: Young, unfolding leaves. Wash leaves in warm water to remove dirt and debris. Do not use dish detergent or any type of sanitizer. Cook in boiling, salted water for ten minutes and serve like greens. (Poisonous Plants of N.C.)
Use Medicinal: Early herbalists used this ill-scented plant to treat gangrene, since, according to the Doctrine of Signatures, plants were used to cure the ailments they resembled. (Niering)
Warning: POISONOUS PARTS: Berries and roots. Only low toxicity if eaten. Toxic Principle: Toxicity unknown, but caution because of its relationship with known toxic plants.
Conspicuous Flowers: yes


As with any plant, eat at your own risk :thumbup:

 

[dawsonbob]

The whole plant is not edible! Only the young leaves.

Use Wildlife: Birds and mammals eat the berries.
Use Food: EDIBLE PARTS / PREPARATION: Young, unfolding leaves. Wash leaves in warm water to remove dirt and debris. Do not use dish detergent or any type of sanitizer. Cook in boiling, salted water for ten minutes and serve like greens. (Poisonous Plants of N.C.)
Use Medicinal: Early herbalists used this ill-scented plant to treat gangrene, since, according to the Doctrine of Signatures, plants were used to cure the ailments they resembled. (Niering)
Warning: POISONOUS PARTS: Berries and roots. Only low toxicity if eaten. Toxic Principle: Toxicity unknown, but caution because of its relationship with known toxic plants.
Conspicuous Flowers: yes


As with any plant, eat at your own risk :thumbup:

Ahhh. Thanks, Tony. I should have investigated more thoroughly than I did. I've never seen any of that growing out here, so I won't be using it in my stew in any event.

 

[ratamahatta]

great pics brother, I really like the one's of the pools, makes you just wanna take a deep breath and relax!!!!!

 

[BOOMSTICK]

great pictures! I love the clear water shots. It is cool to see snow melt water because it is really blue and clear. I bet it was pretty damn cold too. thanks for sharing your hike pictures.

 

[Mistwalker]

Yup, Trillium is also edible as well. It was an important food source during the great depression. So I was told, maybe Doc has some first hand knowledge from back then...

Here is some more info I found.

Thanks Tony, that info could be very valuable if the recessions becomes a depression. I called my father an asked but he didn't remember it from my description.

Great pics, as always, Mist.

You're creek would probably be called a river out here. In fact, I think it's bigger than some portions of the San Diego River.

Thanks Bob, glad you enjoyed the pics. Actually the part of the Tennessee River that creek runs into is about 150 meters wide.

great pics brother, I really like the one's of the pools, makes you just wanna take a deep breath and relax!!!!!

Thanks bro, and yes that was exactly what that hike was about. Some of the falls and rapids are so loud I can't even hear myself think, and I really needed a break from thinking

great pictures! I love the clear water shots. It is cool to see snow melt water because it is really blue and clear. I bet it was pretty damn cold too. thanks for sharing your hike pictures.

Thanks man, but that's not snow melt...all the snow has been melted away here for weeks. All that water is from the beginning of the spring rains

 

[dawsonbob]

Thanks Bob, glad you enjoyed the pics. Actually the part of the Tennessee River that creek runs into is about 150 meters wide.

As I said, really nice shots, Mist.

150 meters wide, huh? Out here a body of water 150 meters wide is called a lake.

If a body of water that large is moving, it's the Pacific Ocean.

 

[carspidey]

From the OP I thought I was going to see where the Jetsons lived

Really nice pics... I wish I had a place like that nearby

 

[Mistwalker]

As I said, really nice shots, Mist.

150 meters wide, huh? Out here a body of water 150 meters wide is called a lake.

If a body of water that large is moving, it's the Pacific Ocean.

Lol, well there is a BIG difference to me. Here swimming across that river and back was a "right-of-passage" in my youth, one of the things that had to be done to earn the respect of the older kids. I had just turned 12 the first time I did it and growing up in a family of commercial fishermen I had enough sense to wait until I saw the water slowing down at night (which meant Nickajack Damn dam some miles down the river had been shut off) and then about halfway across the water would actually "back-flow" when the swell that built up at the dam leveled back off. Made the inevitable walk a bit shorter. I'm sure glad I didn't have to swim the Pacific Ocean!! Even when I was in peak condition

From the OP I thought I was going to see where the Jetsons lived

Really nice pics... I wish I had a place like that nearby

I know, I know...it's a typo I can't fix :grumpy:

Thanks man! Glad you liked the pics

 

[lambertiana]

Great pics! I really like that stream.

 

[Steve_Holt]

Great pics!

If I can postpone a couple of obligations, I'm hoping to hike out to Edwards Point on Signal Mountain tomorrow. My timing has been off, between work and weather, the last couple of weeks. Other than a short hike at Chickamauga Battlefield a couple of weeks ago, I haven't been out on a trail for months.

Your pictures are making me feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. I can't wait for tomorrow to get here!

 

[Cash427]

Great pictures:thumbup::thumbup:! Hopefully I will be able to get out to the river this weekend and get some hiking in! Our river is nowhere near that beautiful though.....very jealous!

 

[Mistwalker]

Great pics! I really like that stream.

Thanks, I like it too...great place to go certain times of the year...a little too crowded for my tastes in the warm months.

Great pics!

If I can postpone a couple of obligations, I'm hoping to hike out to Edwards Point on Signal Mountain tomorrow. My timing has been off, between work and weather, the last couple of weeks. Other than a short hike at Chickamauga Battlefield a couple of weeks ago, I haven't been out on a trail for months.

Your pictures are making me feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. I can't wait for tomorrow to get here!

Thanks Steve, glad you liked the pics

I like that area a lot myself. That spot on that stream is about a mile north by northeast, and down below of course, from Edwards point. I am thinking about heading out to the point myself this coming weekend.

Great pictures:thumbup::thumbup:! Hopefully I will be able to get out to the river this weekend and get some hiking in! Our river is nowhere near that beautiful though.....very jealous!

Thanks Bobby, I hope you get out too, does wonders to clear the mind.