'Ramps', in the northern forested part of New York, are an edible wild leek
that we used to dig in the mixed maple/beech/hemlock acid soils areas in
spring. Wonderful ==== in spring they are visible by their foliage;
otherwise, when the forest cover returns, less so. I would wonder if they
are endangered or threatened (species) in many areas.
The rural community in which we lived would also harvest morels joyfully
from the school grounds - morels are wonderful, if hard-to-clean mushrooms;
leeks are lilies.
Sorry, no scientific name.
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Nancy Grudens Schuck
Kennedy Hall
Dept. Education
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
ng13@cornell.edu
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