Columbines School of Botanical Studies Wild Food Tending Field Trips #3, 4, 5 & 6 May 23 - 26, 2016 Ochoco Mountain Ponderosa Pine Forest and Scabland Ochoco Mountains ecology, geology, and First Peoples Large camas meadows usurped by private cattle ranches Botany Apiaceae review Keyed: Zigadenus paniculatus Zigadenus vs. Camassia field characteristics Keyed L. cous using “A New Lomatium Sp. From the Ochoco Mountains of Central Oregon” Using external resources for identification when the keys in Hitchcock prove unmanageable: county plant lists, scholarly articles, keys for smaller areas or characters Observed reticulate bulb coat of Allium sp. under microscope Keyed by individuals: Arnica cordifolia, Wyethia helianthoides, Geum triflorum, Orobanche uniflora, Viola nuttallii, Trifolium macrocephalum, Hydrophyllum capitatum, Lithophragma sp. Ponderosa Pine Zone and “Scabland” Mosaic Zigadenus ecology Camassia spp. locating Varying woody Artemisia spp. as indicators of soil depth and associated edible plants Recent fires and mosaic of heat intensity Wildcrafting How to dig roots using a cuppen The rarity and relative specialness of finding a substantial caloric wild food that tastes “boring” Experimenting with traditional methods of food preparation by using multiple ethnobotanical reference texts for ideas Pit bake strategies Harvested and processed Lomatium cous Harvested and processed Lomatium nudicaule stems Harvested and processed Fritillaria pudica bulbs Harvested and processed Camassia quamash spp. brevifolia bulbs Harvested and processed Allium sp. bulbs, flowers, and leaves (flat-stemmed species, in flower) Harvested and processed wild salad greens Montia perfoliata, Hydrophyllum capitatum, Viola nuttallii, Allium sp. flowers, Sidalcea sp. leaves, Trifolium macrocephalum flowers, Sedum stenopetalum above ground stems Tasted: Perideridia gairdneri leaf and root, Allium sp. flower buds (tall species), Lomatium piperi root, and Brodiaea sp. corm Wild Food Preparation Lomatium cous roots, peeled, sliced and fried in butter Morchella sp., morel mushrooms, stir fried with Lomatium cous seeds in butter Salad with Montia perfoliata, Hydrophyllum capitatum, Viola nuttallii, Allium sp. flowers, Sidalcea sp. leaves, Trifolium macrocephalum flowers, Sedum stenopetalum above ground stems, Lomatium cous leaves Allium sp. bulbs, stir fried in butter Lomatium nudicaule young stems and umbels, Fritillaria pudica bulbs, Allium sp. flowers and leaves, stir fried in butter Camassia quamash spp. brevifolia bulbs, pit baked for 2 days. Bulbs were still white or pale, took home to steam in crock pot until dark brown. Lomatium ochocense .