http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com Sharing memory techniques that help you identify & use the most common (U.S.) wild edible & medicinal plants. Sun, 19 May 2013 18:08:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 © 2012 mailbox@survivalplantsmemorycourse.com (Carrnell Dixon) mailbox@survivalplantsmemorycourse.com (Carrnell Dixon) 1440 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.comhttp://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/wp-content/themes/spmc/logo_150px_300res.jpg 52 Plants In 52 Weeks. Sharing memory techniques that help you identify and use the most common (U.S.) wild edible and medicinal plants. survival,skills,wild,edible,plants,identify,remember,memorize,plants,medicinal,wild,wilderness,common Carrnell Dixon Carrnell Dixon mailbox@survivalplantsmemorycourse.com no no © 2012survival,skills,wild,edible,plants,identify,remember,memorize,plants,medicinal,wild,wilderness,commonEducation/TrainingScience & Medicine/Natural SciencesSubscribe with PodnovaSubscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with ODEOSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/yJ66gKnViwE/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/see-plants-nickname-81/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 20:32:21 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=8031 <p>Dead-The-Lion Taraxacum officinale &#124; Dandelion Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/see-plants-nickname-81/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/yJ66gKnViwE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/see-plants-nickname-81/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/see-plants-nickname-81/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/8YY4p9qW2pk/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/see-plants-nickname-80/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 20:31:18 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=8037 <p>Dead-The-Lion Taraxacum officinale &#124; Dandelion Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/see-plants-nickname-80/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/8YY4p9qW2pk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/see-plants-nickname-80/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/see-plants-nickname-80/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/C9cNc7kt72E/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/taraxacum-officinale-dandelion/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 20:13:27 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7972 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Taraxacum officinale • Common Name(s): Dandelion, Common Dandelion, Blow Ball, Cankerwort, Lion&#8217;s Tooth, Priest&#8217;s Crown, Puff Ball, Swine Snout, White Endive, Wild Endive • Nickname: Dead-The-Lion • Introduced &#38; Native: L48 • Group: Dicot • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/taraxacum-officinale-dandelion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/taraxacum-officinale-dandelion/">Taraxacum officinale | Dandelion | Dead-The-Lion</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/C9cNc7kt72E" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/taraxacum-officinale-dandelion/feed/ 0 0:00:11 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: The full mnemonic is in it’s nickname (Dead-The-Lion). The nickname was chosen to help identify this most recognizable plant (Dandelion) in it’s least recognizable rosette stage (just leaves; no stems or flowers). The rosette leaves are so deeply lobed that they are compared to lion’s teeth. The word "dead" reminds us that the teeth/lobes point downward (towards the leaf base); rendering the lion harmless/dead. Look-alikes (none are poisonous) have teeth/lobes that point outward or upward. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/05/taraxacum-officinale-dandelion/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/7972/0/Taraxacum-officinale-_-Dandelion-Pt-2-of-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/h-8wKdcdcgw/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/stellaria-media-chickweed/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:52:23 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7819 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Stellaria media • Common Name(s): Common Chickweed, Chickweed, Chickenwort, Craches, Maruns, Winterweed • Nickname: Snow Flakes • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Caryophyllaceae • Duration: Annual • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/stellaria-media-chickweed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/stellaria-media-chickweed/">Stellaria media | Chickweed | Snow Flakes</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/h-8wKdcdcgw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/stellaria-media-chickweed/feed/ 1 0:02:42 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. NOTE: The mnemonic of another plant (Oxalis stricta | Love Love Love) in this course is based on the “Rule of 3s”. The mnemonic of this plant is based on the “4 essentials of survival”. It’s impossible to survive without shelter (protection from the elements), fire (heat, purify water, cooking), water and food. MNEMONIC: When you see snow flakes on the ground you know right away that you need a fire in order to stay warm. You have no way to start a fire and it’s getting cold and dark. Suddenly, from the darkening sky, you watch one of the stars in the starry sky fall (shooting/falling star) right at your feet and erupt into flames. Extend your arms toward the fire to warm your hands. Any fire and any person will die if not fed. To feed the fire you hike toward some trees in order to gather wood. STOP! Do you see that squirrel? It’s on the trunk of the tree that’s right in front of you. Slowly back away in order to make a slingshot out of a y-branch. The squirrel is still there when you return. You pull back on the elastic and take aim but the squirrel, like squirrels do, ran to the opposite side of the tree trunk. You run to that side and it’s runs back to the other side. Eventually you are able to take aim and hit it. Now you have fire, food and water. Shelter is made making an a-frame with some branches and covering it with sections of thick, green, tangled mats provided by the plant. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: When you see snow flakes (tiny white flowers) on the ground you know right away that you need a fire in order to stay warm. You have no way to start a fire and it’s getting cold and dark. Suddenly, from the darkening sky, you watch one of the stars (star-shaped sepals [leafy-like structure beneath petals]) in the starry sky fall (shooting/falling star) right at your feet and erupt into flames (each leaf, like each single flame, is pointed and oval-shaped). Extend your arms (leaves, like your arms are opposite of one another; your arms represent seedpod stems that are long, are in pairs and they droop) toward the fire to warm your hands (your hands represent 5 petals [that look like 10] when they are open and capsule-like seedpods [each on the end of a long arm/stem] when they’re closed). Any fire and any person will die if not fed. To feed the fire you hike toward some trees in order to gather wood. STOP! Do you see that squirrel? It’s on the trunk of the tree that’s right in front of you. Slowly back away in order to make a slingshot out of a y-branch (stem has elastic string core; just imagine breaking the branch in order to make the “y" section [the sight] even, and discovering the elastic you need is right there in the core of the branch). The squirrel is still there when you return. You pull back on the elastic and take aim but the squirrel, like squirrels do, ran to the opposite side of the tree trunk. You run to that side and it’s runs back to the other side. This goes on-and-on (line of stem hairs alternate at every leaf pair) until eventually you are able to take aim and hit it. Now you have fire, food (stem hairs represents the squirrel) and water (at camp melt some snow; water reminds you that the plant does NOT emit milky sap when cut]. Shelter is made making an a-frame with some branches and covering it with sections of thick, green mats provided by the plant (grow in dense, tangled mats). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/stellaria-media-chickweed/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/7819/0/Stellaria-media-_-Chickweed-Pt-2-of-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/4rhoNlery_A/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plant/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:51:19 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7911 <p>Snow Flakes Stellaria media &#124; Chickweed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plant/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/4rhoNlery_A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plant/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plant/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/iLb2pVRVoHY/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-79/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:50:15 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7907 <p>Snow Flakes Stellaria media &#124; Chickweed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-79/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/iLb2pVRVoHY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-79/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-79/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/uWtbwfwssFM/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/sonchus-oleraceus-sow-thistle/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:09:47 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7726 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Sonchus oleraceus • Common Name(s): Common Sowthistle, Sow Thistle, Smooth Sow Thistle, Annual Sow Thistle, Hare&#8217;s Colwort, Hare&#8217;s thistle, Hare&#8217;s Lettuce, Milky Tassel, Swinies • Nickname: Lion&#8217;s Paw • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/sonchus-oleraceus-sow-thistle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/sonchus-oleraceus-sow-thistle/">Sonchus oleraceus | Sow Thistle | Lion&#8217;s Paw</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/uWtbwfwssFM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/sonchus-oleraceus-sow-thistle/feed/ 0 0:01:17 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: This plant has several non-poisonous look-alikes that all, including this one, resemble the common Dandelion. As with people, the surest way to confirm ones identity is to examine fingerprints. Now, from the Dandelion resemblance we extract the word Lion and in order to get the Lion’s print you need it’s paw (represents plant leaf) which has noticeable claws (represents the small spines around leaf's edges and the distinctly pointed [not round] lobes at the base of leaves) around it. Now, before approaching the lion (lioness) to get the print, vividly imagine her, from a distance, laying under a tree nursing (stems and seeds emit milky sap when cut) her cubs. As you approach the area the cubs run up the tree for safety (picturing this reminds you of the leaf shape [tree trunk represents leaf stem; cubs all along tree trunk represent triangle shaped lobes/leaflets along lower part of leaf stem; tree top/crown represents spade shaped, top part of leaf] and it reminds you of 2 main distinctions from Dandelion other than spiny leaf edges [cubs all along tree trunk represent leaves along plant's main stem and cubs atop tree represents several flowerheads {lion cub heads} atop each stem]). OPTIONAL: The lion (lioness) then runs towards you to attack! You keep her at bay with the spear (older leaves near the top of the plant stem are more likely to be lanceolate (lance) to oblanceolate in shape [entire or have shallow lobes]) that you carry. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/sonchus-oleraceus-sow-thistle/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/7726/0/Sonchus-oleraceus-_-Sow-Thistle-Pt-2-of-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/-e8pP9ml-Vo/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-78/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:06:48 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7784 <p>Lion&#8217;s Paw Sonchus oleraceus &#124; Sow Thistle Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-78/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/-e8pP9ml-Vo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-78/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-78/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/toL4UfmLqlY/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-77/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:05:33 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7780 <p>Lion&#8217;s Paw Sonchus oleraceus &#124; Sow Thistle Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-77/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/toL4UfmLqlY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-77/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-77/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/fcyaJ9KOjPQ/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/sium-suave-water-parsnip/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:36:13 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7529 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Sium suave • Common Name(s): Water Parsnip, Hemlock Water Parsnip, Fragrant Water Parsnip • Nickname: Spokes • Native: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Apiaceae (Carrot) • Duration: Perennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/sium-suave-water-parsnip/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/sium-suave-water-parsnip/">Sium suave | Water Parsnip | Spokes</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/fcyaJ9KOjPQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/sium-suave-water-parsnip/feed/ 0 0:02:13 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: When you see 2 bike wheels (compound umbels; 1 umbel and 1 umbellets; stems radiate from one point like spokes in a wheel) with stunt pegs (pegs that stick out a short distance from both sides of both wheels, for riders to jump onto when they’re doing tricks [the pegs represent the bracts below each umbel and umbellet]) in the snow it’s probably a BMX bike. You can’t be sure because the rest of the bike is covered in snow (flowers are white). Brush away some snow, bend down, grab the bike frame (your hand represents the compound leaf clasping the main plant stem which is stout and hollow like the bike frame) then stand the bike up. Vividly imagine yourself “SLOWLY" getting on the bike (only 3 steps to this: 1. hold the grips [represent seeds; ribbed and their approximate shape] 2. sit down [the seat represents one of the approximate variable shapes of each leaflet {oblong-ovate}] 3. peddle [each peddle, with it’s parallel parts, represent the plant’s ribbed stems; the teeth on the sprocket/gear represents the teeth on each leaflet “AND” it’s pointed tip; the shape of the chain represents one of the approximate variable shapes of each leaflet {oblong-ovate to narrowly lance shaped}]). Now ride the bike to the nearby bike park where a large crowd (represents leaflets) has gathered along each side of a long muddy track (this straight line path represents the leaf stem; the mud is to help you envision deep tire tracks up and down the path which again represent the plants ribbed stems; the mud is also associated with moist or shallow water ground which is characteristic of this plant) with a hill to jump at the far end (that hill represents the single leaflet at the far end or the tip of each odd-pinnately compound leaf). You prepare to make your jump, at the near end, by first doing some tricks for the crowd using the stunt pegs (again: pegs that stick out a short distance from both sides of both wheels, for riders to jump onto when they’re doing tricks [the pegs represent the bracts below each umbel and umbellet]). The crowd goes wild! Now race down the muddy track (ribbed leaf stem), flying by the crowd (leaflets) that are on both sides (leaflets/crowd are opposite of one another), and make your jump (OPTIONAL: vividly imagine doing some sort of stunt peg trick in mid-air in order to reenforce the bracts at the base of each wheel [umbellet and umbel]). It was spectacular! NOTICE: The landing area was more grassy (grass blades remind you that leaves that are under or near the surface of water are divided into thread-like segments) and wet (grows in shallow water or moist ground) from the melting (wet) snow (again: flowers are white). OPTIONAL: Now turn around. On your way back to the starting point you slowly zig-zag (represents each compound leaf [not leaflet] that alternate up the main stem) to the right and to the left of the muddy track (remember: on the way back the track represents the main stem rather than the compound leaf stem) in order to greet your new fans, shake hands, take pictures and sign autographs. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/sium-suave-water-parsnip/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/7529/0/Sium-suave-_-Water-Parsnip-Pt-2-of-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/4HLgx4LgKSc/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-76/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:33:11 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7666 <p>Spokes Sium suave &#124; Water Parsnip Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-76/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/4HLgx4LgKSc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-76/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-76/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/SOSzZ0gLZJ0/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-75/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:31:57 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7670 <p>Spokes Sium suave &#124; Water Parsnip Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-75/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/SOSzZ0gLZJ0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-75/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2013/04/see-plants-nickname-75/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/U0HFM0TYN5Q/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/sambucus-nigra-black-elderberry-plates/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:14:08 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7380 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Sambucus nigra • Common Name(s): Black Elderberry, Bourtree, Elderberry, Elder Tree, Elder, Elder-Berry, Elder-Flower, European Elder, Pipe Tree • Nickname: Plates • Naturalized: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle) • Duration: Perennial • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/sambucus-nigra-black-elderberry-plates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/sambucus-nigra-black-elderberry-plates/">Sambucus nigra | Black Elderberry | Plates</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/U0HFM0TYN5Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/sambucus-nigra-black-elderberry-plates/feed/ 2 0:01:32 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: Your mother or grandmother hands you one of the plates (represents the large, white, flat-topped flower clusters), from her china (white) cabinet (the large cabinet reminds you that the flowers/plates come off of a large plant [shrub or small tree]), to collect berries (the word berries was worked into this mnemonic to help you associate berries with this Plates plant during times when the flowers/plates have developed into fruit; of the 52 plants in this course there are 2 that develop berry-like fruit, the other is the Chock Cherry; the Chock Cherry looks like a cherry with it’s color and cherry-like seam down the side of each berry; when you see a cherry, the word cherry is closely associated with the plant’s nickname [Condom]) with for the pie she plans to make. After dinner you chase the pie with a tall cup of milk then start washing dishes. Remember that there are 5 pieces per setting. Look at your hand (represents individual flowers with 5 petals and count them out: Plate (large white flower clusters), Cup (keep reading), Steak Knife (represents serrated leaflet edges), Spoon (represents round cork-like dots on young bark) and Fork (represents vertical furrows [deep ridges] on aged bark; as if scratched with a fork). Now place that hand, with the soapy dish cloth, immediately into the tall cup to wash it. As usual, your fingers can’t reach the bottom of the glass (in this section your fingers represent most of the leaflet veins that fade out [can’t reach] before reaching leaflet’s edge [bottom of the glass] and a thick, caked-on milk ring remains at the bottom [the caked-on milk, inside of the ‘hollow’ glass, represents the soft white pith in the ‘hollow’ twigs and branches; it does NOT represent a milky sap in the leaves and stems because this plant has none). Now use that same hand to open the curtains (focus on full hand; 5 fingers again) in front of you (over the sink) to look outside while finishing the dishes. You see 10 (5 + 5 = 10) boys on the grass playing football. 5 are on one side of the ball (they represent the typical leaflet count of 5 [sometimes 7 and rarely 9] on each leaf; it’s best to just remember the fact that it’s an odd number because the leaflet count will always be odd [only 1 leaflet at the tip of any odd-pinnately compound, not 2]) and 5 are on the other side (these players represent another 5 leaflet leaf on the ‘opposite’ side [odd-pinnately compound leaves of this plant grow ‘opposite’ along the stem; they go NOT alternate like the poisonous look-alike does] of the ball [represents 2 things; just think of 2 teams over it; 1: the stem with bark, the teams are opposite of and 2: overall leaflet/players shape [elliptical]). By the time you finish washing the dishes they’re bloody, purple, black and blue (blood and bruises represent berry/fruit color range when ripe; blue-black, purple-black, black or even amber-red). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/sambucus-nigra-black-elderberry-plates/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/7380/0/Sambucus-nigra-_-Black-Elderberry-Pt-2-of-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/TxUpPv_L7i0/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-74/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:12:08 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7429 <p>Plates Sambucus nigra &#124; Black Elderberry Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-74/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/TxUpPv_L7i0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-74/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-74/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/HoxhA7OCAqA/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-73/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:11:01 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7418 <p>Plates &#160; Sambucus nigra &#124; Black Elderberry &#160; Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-73/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/HoxhA7OCAqA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-73/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-73/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/EH5HfbF1y7M/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/salsola-tragus-russian-tumbleweed-afro/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:05:26 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7277 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Salsola tragus • Common Name(s): Common Russian Thistle, Prickly Russian Thistle, Russian Tumbleweed, Russian-Cactus, Russian-Thistle, Spineless Saltwort, Tumbling Thistle • Nickname: Afro • Naturalized: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Chenopodiaceae • Duration: Annual • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/salsola-tragus-russian-tumbleweed-afro/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/salsola-tragus-russian-tumbleweed-afro/">Salsola tragus | Russian Tumbleweed | Afro</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/EH5HfbF1y7M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/salsola-tragus-russian-tumbleweed-afro/feed/ 0 0:00:59 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: When you see an afro (mature plants in the area are bush and somewhat round) give it a mohawk (flowers and fruit/seed have 3 T-shaped leaf-like bracts at their base) haircut. While cutting the hair vividly imagine the clippers slipping from your hand and cutting the man on his very bad acne forehead (represents the area where the 2 lines, of the T, meet; same area where flowers and fruit/seed develop). Watch the pimples pop (this represents the flower’s stamens [when in season] which are puss-like and extend [pop] beyond the flower’s sepals) and bleed; blood and puss stream from his forehead (the streams reminds you that the stems of this plant have red to purplish or cream to yellow colored stripes). Next the wound develops a scab (represents the roundish fruit [when in season]; with it’s papery translucent layer). When the scab eventually fell off the man’s forehead was smooth and not bumpy (inside of the fruit is one seed that is cone shaped; the flat side of the seed is represented by smooth/flat skin). He actually thanks you for giving him the injury then gives you a high (or low) five (flowers “generally” have 5 stamen [represents the pop and puss]) before he walks away in his stripped (to re-enforce stripped stems)... you fill in the blank. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/salsola-tragus-russian-tumbleweed-afro/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/7277/0/Salsola-tragus-_-Russian-Tumbleweed-Pt-2-of-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/X3SGz7ShDKc/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-72/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:04:45 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7318 <p>Afro Salsola tragus &#124; Russian Tumbleweed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-72/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/X3SGz7ShDKc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-72/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-72/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/YBmgLKaKaHI/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-71/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:03:52 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7313 <p>Afro Salsola tragus &#124; Russian Tumbleweed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-71/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/YBmgLKaKaHI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-71/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-71/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/MxMIfkKMa80/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/sagittaria-latifolia-common-arrowhead-rabbits-head/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:55:55 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7135 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Sagittaria latifolia • Common Name(s): Common Arrowhead, Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Indian Potato, Wapato, Swan Potato, Tule Root, Water Nut, White Potato • Nickname: Rabbit&#8217;s Head • Native: L48 • Group: Monocot • Family: Alismataceae &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/sagittaria-latifolia-common-arrowhead-rabbits-head/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/sagittaria-latifolia-common-arrowhead-rabbits-head/">Sagittaria latifolia | Common Arrowhead | Rabbit&#8217;s Head</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/MxMIfkKMa80" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/sagittaria-latifolia-common-arrowhead-rabbits-head/feed/ 0 0:00:50 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: When you see an upside-down rabbit's head (common leaf shape [2 "pointed" leaf lobes/ears that are half as long or longer than the blade/head {like a rabbit}] and common leaf position [leaves are usually found with the 2 leaf lobes/ears pointing down; like an upside-down rabbit's head]), vividly imagine a rabbit floating on it's back after a flood (reminds you that this is an aquatic plant; loves moist or wet ground). Quickly! Throw the rabbit a life line (the line or rope represents the plant's lateral growing rhizomes [root system]) and pull it to safety. The first thing you notice, after the rabbit is on shore, is a very lager taranchula spider (leaf veins all originate from a single point [where leaf blade meets leaf stalk] like the legs from the spiders body) that crawls from the rabbit's stomach. The taranchula thanked the rabbit for saving it's life by letting him ride rather than letting him drown. They both turn to thank you then the 3 (white rabbit among 3 subjects represent the 3 white petals of each flower and the white milky sap contained in the leaves and stems) of you go your separate ways (the 3 white petals are evenly spaced; like the lines of the Mercedes Benz logo). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/sagittaria-latifolia-common-arrowhead-rabbits-head/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/7135/0/Sagittaria-latifolia-_-Common-Arrowhead-Pt-2-of-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/zcKxMfZT-lk/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-70/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:43:50 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7224 <p>Rabbit&#8217;s Head Sagittaria latifolia &#124; Common Arrowhead Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-70/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/zcKxMfZT-lk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-70/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-70/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/viJmnvjnxjw/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-69/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:43:17 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7228 <p>Rabbit&#8217;s Head Sagittaria latifolia &#124; Common Arrowhead Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-69/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/viJmnvjnxjw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-69/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/12/see-plants-nickname-69/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/9gvh58WfnL4/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/rumex-crispus-curly-dock-hot-dart-board/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:46:13 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6995 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Rumex crispus • Common Name(s): Curly Dock, Narrowleaf Dock, Sour Dock, Yellow Dock, Garden Patience • Nickname: Hot Dart Board • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Polygonaceae • Duration: Perennial • Growth Habitat: &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/rumex-crispus-curly-dock-hot-dart-board/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/rumex-crispus-curly-dock-hot-dart-board/">Rumex crispus | Curly Dock | Hot Dart Board</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/9gvh58WfnL4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/rumex-crispus-curly-dock-hot-dart-board/feed/ 4 0:00:45 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: When you see darts sticking out of the ground (unbranched [except where flowers occur], erect stems bolts from a basal rosette of leaves [the dart board]), you might have found the “Hot Dart Board” plant. What do you need to play darts? A board (rosette of leaves) and some darts (tip, shaft and flights). Now check to see if they’re hot. A hot dart board will melt the tips (oblong-lance shaped leaves represent dart tips; rosette leaves are less twisted, curled and wavy around the edges [lance shaped form represents heat contortion] than stem leaves) of darts, hot darts will cause the plastic flights (the wings of a dart [relatively smooth edges with no teeth]; ours are tri-flights; 3-winged structure not 4; found at the top of the dart or stem; where plant’s 3-winged flowers and 3-winged fruit are found and can be examined) to blister (prominent, egg-shaped bump on the back and near the base of each of the 3 large wings) and the heat of them both will cause other parts of the plant to have red hot spots (stems, flowers, fruit and/or leaves usually have “reddish"-brown spots or blotches; leaves and fruit become entirely “reddish”-brown or “reddish”-purple with age). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/rumex-crispus-curly-dock-hot-dart-board/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/6995/0/Rumex-crispus-_-Curly-Dock-Pt-2-of-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/QeMTAAEZTNk/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/see-plants-nickname-68/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:43:48 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7072 <p>Hot Dart Board Rumex crispus &#124; Curly Dock Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/see-plants-nickname-68/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/QeMTAAEZTNk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/see-plants-nickname-68/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/see-plants-nickname-68/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/I2_xSHubo2c/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/see-plants-nickname-67/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:43:03 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=7076 <p>Hot Dart Board Rumex crispus &#124; Curly Dock Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/see-plants-nickname-67/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/I2_xSHubo2c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/see-plants-nickname-67/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/11/see-plants-nickname-67/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/XJexRY7w1YA/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/see-plants-nickname-66/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:40:21 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6945 <p>Blood Spill Rumex acetosella &#124; Sheep&#8217;s Sorrel Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/see-plants-nickname-66/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/XJexRY7w1YA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/see-plants-nickname-66/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/see-plants-nickname-66/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/qQyWoMpWZOw/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/see-plants-nickname-65/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:39:34 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6952 <p>Blood Spill Rumex acetosella &#124; Sheep&#8217;s Sorrel Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/see-plants-nickname-65/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/qQyWoMpWZOw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/see-plants-nickname-65/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/see-plants-nickname-65/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/oMvtTCVj5mw/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/rumex-acetosella-sheeps-sorrel-blood-spill/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:23:13 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6822 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Rumex acetosella • Common Name(s): Sheep&#8217;s Sorrel, Red Sorrel, Sour Weed, Field Sorrel, Common Sorrel, Garden Sorrel, Meadow Sorrel, Red Top Sorrel, Sourgrass • Nickname: Blood Spill • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/rumex-acetosella-sheeps-sorrel-blood-spill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/rumex-acetosella-sheeps-sorrel-blood-spill/">Rumex acetosella | Sheep&#8217;s Sorrel | Blood Spill</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/oMvtTCVj5mw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/rumex-acetosella-sheeps-sorrel-blood-spill/feed/ 0 0:00:18 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. In the distance, seeing blood spilled out on the ground (female flowers are reddish in color; yellow-green male flowers are within a few feet). Upon taking a closer look you see the arrowheads (leaves are arrowhead-shaped), which drew the blood (leaves/arrowheads can also have a reddish tint/stain; with or without the reddish tint or the occasional flowering stem, seeing an arrowhead on the ground will remind you of blood being spilled), litter the ground. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/10/rumex-acetosella-sheeps-sorrel-blood-spill/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/6822/0/Blood-Spill.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/qNk8y6KbOY4/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/rhus-glabra-smooth-sumac/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:53:06 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6701 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Rhus glabra • Common Name(s): Smooth Sumac, Common Sumac, Red Sumac, Scarlet Sumac, Western Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, Mountain Sumac, Indian Salt (the powder on the berries), Pennsylvania Sumach, Sleek Sumach, Upland Sumach, Lemonade Sumac • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/rhus-glabra-smooth-sumac/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/rhus-glabra-smooth-sumac/">Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | Burning Bush</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/qNk8y6KbOY4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/rhus-glabra-smooth-sumac/feed/ 0 0:01:47 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: Seeing what appears to be a burning (erect, cone-shaped clusters of red berries on tip of branches represent flames) bush (or small tree) in the distance. A closer look reveals that the bush is in fact burning but is not being consumed by the flames (with the closer look you can see green vegetation through the flames; this is proof that the plant is not being consumed [this part of the mnemonic represents the erect, cone-shaped cluster in it’s flowering stage not in it’s red berry stage; clustered flowers are green-yellow; imagine green vegetation blended with yellow flames]). It’s a miracle! This bush does something else miraculous; it provides everything you need to satisfy your hunger. The thicket (plant forms dense stands of woody shrubs or small trees) suddenly starts to rustle and you’re startled for a moment. You peer inside and see many birds fluttering from branch to branch. Quickly break off one of the branches and attach a lance (leaflets are lance shaped), that’s provided by the plant, to the end (represents 1 not 2 leaflets at the tip of each compound feather-like leaf) of it to make a spear (twigs are thick/stout). Now after hunting some birds imagine yourself skewering the birds (opposite [not alternating] leaflets along compound leaf stem represent multiple birds with their wings) on the same spear that you made. Now roast the birds over the plant’s flames. While the meat is cooking the branch is too; so when the meat is ready so is the branch. Inside of the branch is some bread (branch/twig core has soft pith) and mayonnaise (branches/twigs exudes whitish sap when cut) to make a bird sandwich. In order to get to the bread and mayonnaise you need to cut the branch open. Do that by using the serrated edge of the lance (leaflets have serrated edges), at the tip of your spear skewer, as a knife. You then, after cutting the branch open, use this serrated lance to scrape up the mayonnaise and spread it on the bread. Add the roasted bird meat and enjoy. OPTION: Use the knife/lance to stir your lemonade drink that was produced from the berries of the plant (leaflets/lances smell lemony when cut [they exude whitish sap too]). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/rhus-glabra-smooth-sumac/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/6701/0/SumacMn.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/lxH4nnclNnc/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-64/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:51:30 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6764 <p>Burning Bush Rhus glabra  &#124; Smooth Sumac Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-64/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/lxH4nnclNnc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-64/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-64/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/d0ek-VYeF4U/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-63/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:50:59 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6760 <p>Burning Bush Rhus glabra  &#124; Smooth Sumac Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-63/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/d0ek-VYeF4U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-63/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-63/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/nfgXtafDuXE/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/pteridium-aquilinum-brackenfern-eagles-wings/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:58:40 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=844 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Pteridium aquilinum • Common Name(s): Common Bracken, Western Brackenfern, Bracken, Brakenfern, Brake Fern, Brake, Fiddlehead, Hog-Brake, Warabi, Eagle Fern, Eastern Bracken • Nickname: Eagles&#8217; Wings • Native: L48 • Group: Fern • Family: Dennstaedtiaceae • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/pteridium-aquilinum-brackenfern-eagles-wings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/pteridium-aquilinum-brackenfern-eagles-wings/">Pteridium aquilinum | Brackenfern | Eagles&#8217; Wings</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/nfgXtafDuXE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/pteridium-aquilinum-brackenfern-eagles-wings/feed/ 0 0:00:47 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: An eagle flying (leaflets are feather-like; broad triangular; almost parallel to the ground [like wings in flight]) in search of fish for it’s eaglets (baby bald eagles with their big bald heads represent fiddleheads). The eagle first flew over rivers, then streams and finally over creeks (the river represents the main stem of the plant/leaf emerging from the ground; the smaller stream represents the stem of the triangular feather-like leaflets which are attached to the main/river stem; the even smaller creek represents the stem of the oblong pointed sub-leaflets that form the triangular feather-like leaflet by being attached to the stream; now the oblong pointed sub-leaflet or creek stem is composed of sub-subleaflets [green, narrow, blunt-tipped] which, just at the tip, do not cut to the oblong pointed sub-leaflet or creek stem thus resembles a snake’s rattle) and found no fish. At the end of the water line (up the river, up the stream and then finally up the creek), on the bank (along the side of the creek; referring to shape/outline of the sub-leaflet’s or creek’s tip) of a creek, it spotted a rattle (rattler) snake. The eagle swooped down and snatched the rattle snake with it’s powerful talons (there are 4; the thumb-like talon represents the main stem emerging from the ground; the front 3 talons represent the 3-forked branching of that main stem). The rattle snake hissed (now start to focus on both the head and tail of the snake; at the head it hisses with a forked tongue; sub-subleaflet veins are 2-forked) and rattled (again; referring to shape/outline of the sub-leaflet’s or creek’s tip) all of the way back to the eagle’s nest where it became eaglets’ (fiddleheads) food (fiddleheads are edible). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/pteridium-aquilinum-brackenfern-eagles-wings/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/844/0/Brackenfern.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/FYCdhx8tZN8/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-62/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:57:49 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6613 <p>Eagles&#8217; Wings Pteridium aquilinum &#124; Brackenfern Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-62/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/FYCdhx8tZN8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-62/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-62/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/0uDwax9nnnw/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-61/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:56:58 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6608 <p>Eagles&#8217; Wings Pteridium aquilinum &#124; Brackenfern Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-61/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/0uDwax9nnnw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-61/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/09/see-plants-nickname-61/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/AcBVnNJOOZ0/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/prunus-virginiana-choke-cherry-condom/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:48:31 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6381 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Prunus virginiana • Common Name(s): Common Chokecherry, Choke Cherry, Black Chokecherry, Red Chokecherry, California Chokecherry, Virginia Chokecherry, Eastern Chokecherry, Western Chokecherry, Rum Chokecherry, Whiskey Chokecherry, Wild Cherry, Wild Blackcherry, Bird cherry, Jamcherry, Chokeberry, Cabinet Cherry, &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/prunus-virginiana-choke-cherry-condom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/prunus-virginiana-choke-cherry-condom/">Prunus virginiana | Choke Cherry | Condom</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/AcBVnNJOOZ0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/prunus-virginiana-choke-cherry-condom/feed/ 0 0:01:31 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. WARNING: The following mnemonic contains adult references and are for mature audiences only. No common item, beside a condom (springboard to the mnemonic), could be thought of that best matched the description of the showy flowering spikes of this plant. Why key in on the showy flower spikes? Because berries will not always be present and still being able to identify the plant for medicine can be useful. When berries are present and there are no flowers, we all know what berries look like. Once you're up close; noticing the plum or cherry-like seam down the side of each berry, the serrated leaves, or any other characteristic will help you to remember the full mnemonic. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: Seeing the condom flower spike (individual flowers grow in clusters [NOTE: fruits grow in clusters too] arranged in cylindrical, elongated spikes that are white; they’re shaped like a condom and are 3 to 6 inches long [average size of a soft to hard penis]; flowers are keyed in on for this mnemonic because we all know what a berry looks like; if there are berries, hanging in clusters [NOTE: flowers grow in clusters and berries grow in clusters too; they will replace the flower clusters], and there are no flowers on the tree, to determine if they’re Chokecherries the word “cherry” [the last word in this mnemonic] should bring this full mnemonic into memory). Now imagine shaking hands with this flower spike (feel the clusters in your entire hand; on all 5 fingers). The 5 fingers on your hand and the 5 petals of each flower, shaking your hand back, reminds you of the 5 steps of condom use for any newlywed man who, with his wife, who does not want to get pregnant yet, decided to go on a majestic backpacking trip for their honeymoon. Step 1: Give her flowers (these flower spikes) that were picked from this tree. Not all men (all-men = almond; flowers have an almond-like odor; leaves can be almond shaped) will do this. Step 2: Build a warm and romantic campfire (here you must imagine the earliest stages of campfire building; it’s to gather tender and kindling; the kindling are broken twigs). Not all men (all-men = almond; broken twigs have an almond-like odor) will do this. Step 3: Test the condom (the man fills it with water, lifts the water filled condom off of the surface from it’s twisted opening to look for leaks [reminds you that one of the possible leaf shapes is tear drop-like; tear drops away from the leaf stem; in other words the narrow end of tear drop shaped leaves are attached to leaf stem; the leaf stem, in this mnemonic, is represented by the man’s fingers where he is lifting the water filled condom which takes on the shape of a tear drop]. NOTE: When you see leaves that are abruptly pointed at tips, these points represent the reservoir tip or teat of the condom. The condom passes the leak test. Now for the puncture test. The man takes out his serrated pocket knife, slips it inside of the condom and then tries to stretch/cut the serrated edges through the condom [leaf edges have fine serrated edges]). Not all men (all-men = almond; leaves can also be almond [elliptic to ovate-oblong] shaped; when crushed they do not have an almond-like odor but a cherry-like scent) will do this either. Step 4: Apply the condom (the man’s 2 testicles represent most [not all] of the leaves that have 2 small glands in area where leaf [represented by the man’s pelvis area] meets the stem [represented by the man’s penis]). Step 5. Insert (the vagina represents the plum or cherry-like seam down the side of each berry). Now, after making love the man noticed blood, beneath his wife, on the leaves (this associates leaves with blood... read on) of the leaf bed he made for them next to the camp fire. She was a virgin and he just popped her cherry (this associates blood with cherries; leaves have cherry-like scent when crushed). OPTION: We all know that cherries/blood is dark red (like the Chokecherry). Imagine bruises on one or both because one [...] survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/prunus-virginiana-choke-cherry-condom/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/6381/0/Condom.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/e5821wksxQ4/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-60/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:47:59 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6489 <p>Condom Prunus virginiana &#124; Choke Cherry Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-60/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/e5821wksxQ4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-60/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-60/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/YZUS08mG5Qo/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-59/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:47:28 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6483 <p>Condom Prunus virginiana &#124; Choke Cherry Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-59/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/YZUS08mG5Qo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-59/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-59/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/ceMiAXb2Guk/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/portulaca-oleracea-purslane-ore-snakes/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:07:54 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6277 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Portulaca oleracea • Common Name(s): Purslane, Common Purslane, Little Hogweed, Duckweed, Pursley, Pusley, Wild Portulaca • Nickname: Ore Snakes • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Portulacaceae • Duration: Annual • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/portulaca-oleracea-purslane-ore-snakes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/portulaca-oleracea-purslane-ore-snakes/">Portulaca oleracea | Purslane | Ore Snakes</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/ceMiAXb2Guk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/portulaca-oleracea-purslane-ore-snakes/feed/ 2 0:00:32 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: Vividly imagine seeing a group (many branches; creeping along the ground; mat-like) of ore (ore-shaped leaves) snakes (stems and leaves are thick, succulent and fleshy like snakes [this is a snake plant not a skinny worm plant]). They have torn a lemon (flowers are yellow) apart. Some are eating it (flowers develop where the "stalkless" leaf meets the stem [this “Y" section represents the snake’s mouth with the yellow/lemon inside of it]) while others are passing it (after the snakes eat the lemon they poop the lemon and the lemon poop piles up at the tail [this reminds you that yellow flowers can also be found in clusters at the end of branches/snakes]). When they spot you they rise up (plant grows up to 6 inches tall [about average for a rising snake I guess]) and try to bite, so you take your knife and chop the snakes in half. Now watch until the very last drop of blood (stems are reddish) and lemon juice (this plant can be distinguished from it’s look-alike by it’s clear sap [not milky]) drains out (after the snakes have been drained of it’s blood and lemon juice, the skin is no longer reddish but is green now [this reminds you that the stems/snakes can also appear green. Carrnell Dixon no no survival,skills,wild,edible,plants,identify,remember,memorize,plants,medicinal,wild,wilderness,commonhttp://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/portulaca-oleracea-purslane-ore-snakes/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/6277/0/Purslane.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/nql4uskfvI0/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-58/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:07:14 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6336 <p>Ore Snakes Portulaca oleracea &#124; Purslane Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-58/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/nql4uskfvI0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-58/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-58/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/dTb_pWE4w5E/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-57/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:06:50 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6330 <p>Ore Snakes Portulaca oleracea &#124; Purslane Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-57/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/dTb_pWE4w5E" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-57/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-57/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/mlpayjrmnZs/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/plantago-major-broadleaf-plantain-braids/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:11:08 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6189 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Plantago major • Common Name(s): Broadleaf Plantain, Greater Plantain, Buckhorn Plantain, Common Plantain, Rippleseed Plantain • Nickname: Braids • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Plantaginaceae • Duration: Perennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/plantago-major-broadleaf-plantain-braids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/plantago-major-broadleaf-plantain-braids/">Plantago major | Broadleaf Plantain | Braids</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/mlpayjrmnZs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/plantago-major-broadleaf-plantain-braids/feed/ 0 0:00:39 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. NOTE: To use this mnemonic it’s necessary that you know that eggs are used as the main ingredient in various homemade hair conditioning recipes. Do a little research on such homemade conditioners for better memory retention as it relates to associating hair with eggs. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: When you see a smooth braid (seedpods densely distributed along upper) in the field it was well conditioned. When you see a frizzy braid (flowers densely distributed along upper) in the field it needs to be conditioned. So to condition it you break some eggs (leaves and seedpods are egg-shapes; seedpods open around the middle like an egg and the egg-shaped leaves are found on the ground, not on the stem, like an egg) that are provide by the plant. Then you use a whisk (leaf veins which stay intact when the leaf is torn apart/separated [whisk wires], form circles that radiate from leaf stem [a whisk forms circles that radiate from the handle]), that’s also provided by the plant, to whip up the eggs. Now, unbraid the hair, apply the conditioner, rinse then slowly and carefully (the words slowly and carefully are intended to slow down your imagination for the last step) braid the hair again. Be sure to make the braid as smooth as possible. Really take your time (in this last step you need to understand that a braid is typically made up of 3 sections of hair; imagining a slow and careful braiding process will cause you to envision how 2 sections of hair are essentially wrapped around [1 over and 1 under] the 3rd section of hair; two-thirds, two-thirds, two-thirds, etc.; doing this will help you to remember that the flower spike [the braid] takes up the upper two-thirds of each flowering stem). Carrnell Dixon no no survival,skills,wild,edible,plants,identify,remember,memorize,plants,medicinal,wild,wilderness,commonhttp://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/plantago-major-broadleaf-plantain-braids/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/6189/0/Plantago-Major.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/KPwzEhsDHUo/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-56/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:54:46 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6245 <p>Braids Plantago major&#124; Narrowleaf Plantain Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-56/">See Plant’s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/KPwzEhsDHUo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-56/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-56/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/O1T1fT5SQhE/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-55/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:54:10 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6251 <p>Braids Plantago major&#124; Narrowleaf Plantain Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-55/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/O1T1fT5SQhE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-55/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/08/see-plants-nickname-55/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/kMK_SMqy5lc/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/plantago-lanceolata-narrowleaf-plantain-dookie-stick/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:18:54 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6082 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Plantago lanceolata • Common Name(s): Narrowleaf Plantain, English plantain, buckhorn plantain, lanceleaf plantain, ribgrass, ribwort • Nickname: Dookie Stick • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Plantaginaceae • Duration: Perennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/plantago-lanceolata-narrowleaf-plantain-dookie-stick/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/plantago-lanceolata-narrowleaf-plantain-dookie-stick/">Plantago lanceolata | Narrowleaf Plantain | Dookie Stick</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/kMK_SMqy5lc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/plantago-lanceolata-narrowleaf-plantain-dookie-stick/feed/ 0 0:00:26 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: A piece of human dookie (capsule shaped [represents flower spike]; fresh pinch-off point when fresh but becomes more rounded [point fades] with age; when fresh [new/budding] you can see that the person, who left this dookie stick, was surviving on wild edibles because his dookie is green [grey-green]; as time passes it browns/dries from the bottom up and attracts many flies [flies represented by the anthers on the tip of the long stamen [4] of each tiny flower; anthers appear to be floating/flying around the flower spike/dookie like flies]; after fully dried, as with all dookie, the flies loose interest and go away [stamens disappear when flower spike is fully mature/seeded]) on the tip of a stick (represents the erect naked stem[s] of the plant) that was posted right in the middle (stems/sticks grow out of the middle of a dense rosette of leaves) of a pile of leaves that the man, who left the stick, used to wipe his butt with (the 3 to 5 well-defined veins on each leaf represents the placement of his fingers/hand on the leaf; the fact that the veins run the full length of each leaf blade represents his wiping action; the fact that leaves can be strongly folded along the veins represents his pressing the leaf, where his fingers/hand contacted it, against his butt while wiping). Was this dookie stick intended as a rescue signal? Whatever the case, for sanitary reasons, you decide to burn the leaves (leaf shape closely resembles a flame [linear-elliptical]; flames are also narrow; turn your adjustable lighter all of the way up and watch the narrow flame for memory enforcement). Carrnell Dixon no no survival,skills,wild,edible,plants,identify,remember,memorize,plants,medicinal,wild,wilderness,commonhttp://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/plantago-lanceolata-narrowleaf-plantain-dookie-stick/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/6082/0/Dookie.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/xF7eNtZZxZI/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-54/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:18:07 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6157 <p>Dookie Stick Plantago lanceolata &#124; Narrowleaf Plantain Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-54/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/xF7eNtZZxZI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-54/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-54/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/f_0Ho7p09OU/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-53/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:17:28 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6151 <p>Dookie Stick Plantago lanceolata &#124; Narrowleaf Plantain Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-53/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/f_0Ho7p09OU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-53/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-53/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/0WYq-O9kFHQ/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/phragmites-australis-common-reed-flag-pole/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:09:36 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5951 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Phragmites australis (a.k.a. Phragmites communis) • Common Name(s): Common Reed, Giant Reed, Giant Reedgrass, Roseau, Roseau Cane, Yellow Cane, Cane • Nickname: Flag Pole • Native: L48 • Group: Monocot • Family: Poaceae (Grass) • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/phragmites-australis-common-reed-flag-pole/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/phragmites-australis-common-reed-flag-pole/">Phragmites australis | Common Reed | Flag Pole</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/0WYq-O9kFHQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/phragmites-australis-common-reed-flag-pole/feed/ 1 0:01:47 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. When you see a flag pole with a flag (seed heads can ascend but typically hang or drape to one side; flag-like) on it you know that it represents a king and his kingdom because the flag is, or was, purple (seed heads are purplish [a color commonly associated with royalty] and turn brownish or tan when the kingdom fades [dries up and dies]; can sometimes appear fluffy; the fluffy [like clouds of smoke] appearance represent how the former kingdom [thus the flag] was burned up by the enemy [it went up in smoke]). You notice that the pole is cane-like (can also resemble bamboo when green) so you decide to use it for cane fishing (this plant grows in equatic areas). To prepare your fishing pole it must be stripped-down. Use the alternating pegs (leaves alternate along the stem), going up the pole, and climb to the top (as a logger or phone repair man do/did) in order to remove the flag. Now remove the alternating pegs on you way back down (bend them back towards the ground). The pole is clean except for the hairs around the area where the pegs were torn away (the ligules are hairy [basically where the leaf meets the stem is separated or pulled back; watch video] plus after the stem dries and sheds it’s leaves this plant has tiny hairs or pubescence around the nodes/joints where the leaves were). At each node along the pole, tie just 2 of these hairs together to make loops (the hairs in this area won’t be long enough to tie in reality; just a reminder about the tiny hairs at the nodes which helps to distinguish it from some of it’s look-alikes). Now thread your fishing line trough the loops. Bait your hook with one of the many worms that are on ground (the worms represent the stolons [rooting and sprouting stems, just above the ground, that connect multiple plants together]). You’ve spent the whole day fishing and only caught a sward sheath (leaves are long, flat when mature, narrow and end in a long point). Not a sward fish and not a sward; only a sward sheath (a sward, with it’s cross-guard would represent leaf auricles [watch video]; this plant’s auricles are absent so it’s leaves are best represented by a sward sheath [no cross-guard]; FYI this plant looks most like the partially edible Arundo donax but Arundo leaves are wrinkled at the base, not flat like your sheath; Arundo leaves also have auricles [a cross-guard]). It must have belonged to one of the kings knights. Anyway, you dig for some rope (rhizomes root system) to tie around your waist to hold the hold the sheath in case you came across an actual sward later. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/phragmites-australis-common-reed-flag-pole/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/5951/0/Flag-Pole.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/sePvZ3ObXA4/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-52/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:08:29 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6043 <p>Flag Pole Phragmites australis &#124; Common Reed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-52/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/sePvZ3ObXA4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-52/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-52/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/kubTgBvQt40/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-51/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:08:04 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=6039 <p>Flag Pole Phragmites australis &#124; Common Reed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-51/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/kubTgBvQt40" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-51/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-51/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/23hLVReQX40/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/pastinaca-sativa-wild-parsnip-sunbrella/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:19:26 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5823 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Pastinaca sativa • Common Name(s): Wild Parsnip • Nickname: Sunbrella • Introduced/Naturalized: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Apiaceae (Carrot) • Duration: Biennial/Perennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human Hazards: See Miscellaneous • Look-Alikes: &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/pastinaca-sativa-wild-parsnip-sunbrella/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/pastinaca-sativa-wild-parsnip-sunbrella/">Pastinaca sativa | Wild Parsnip | Sunbrella</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/23hLVReQX40" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/pastinaca-sativa-wild-parsnip-sunbrella/feed/ 0 0:01:29 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: An albino person (picture him or her; use your own imagination for this) using a sunbrella (sun represents the yellow flowers and unbrella represents the umbrella like flower clusters) to protect their skin from the sun (this sentence reminds you that the skin needs to be kept out of the sun if it contacts the plant juice). Why a sunbrella? Because it provides a double layer (compound umbels) of protection by having a flat surface (compound umbels are flat-topped) for which tiny children, who each hold a single layer (which makes the 2nd layer; umbellets) sunbrella, can play upon without sliding off (umbels are NOT rounded). You watch as the children play punt, pass and kick football (leaf leaflets are ovalish to football shaped). When the competition is over, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners stand on a podium (this podium represent a compound leaf; the 1st place podium reminds us that it’s odd-pennate [single leaflet tip]; the 2nd and 3rd place podium, because they are of “EQUAL” hight in this case, represent the opposite “LEAFLET” arrangement along the leaf stem [option: to remember the equal hight of 2nd and 3rd, imagine milk crates being used; 2 stacked for 1st place and one each for 2nd and 3rd place]) to receive their medals (seeds are flat, roundish/oval, they turn brown [represented by the gold and bronze medals] and they [like medals] are smooth on one side and grooved on the other side); and as usual, they have giant smiles (leaflets have course teeth) and wave (the raised hand represents the bottom side of each leaflet rising away from central leafstalk; fingers together form the rough shape of each leaflet; fingers apart represent the sometimes very deep lobes; 5 fingers represent the minimum number of leaflets per leaf) to spectators. When the ceremony is over all of the children leave the field the only way they can. That’s by sliding down, to the ground (close to the root), on the sunbrella stem; scratching it on the way down, to the ground (close to the root), with their cleats (rosette leaf stems and the main flowering stem have grooves/ribs) . As usual, after such long play, the children are hungry so the albino person digs up roots (the children are so near the source now) to add to a stew made for them. The children were so happy that they never stopped smiling (reinforces course teeth on leaflets); even while they ate (look to see that each leaflet has over “8“ teeth per side). It was a fun day! survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/pastinaca-sativa-wild-parsnip-sunbrella/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/5823/0/Sunbrella.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/ju7uwqz81Zw/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-50/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:15:26 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5917 <p>Sunbrella Pastinaca sativa &#124; Wild Parsnip Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-50/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/ju7uwqz81Zw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-50/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-50/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/W_WwsHngjvc/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-49/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:14:48 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5911 <p>Sunbrella Pastinaca sativa &#124; Wild Parsnip Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-49/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/W_WwsHngjvc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-49/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-49/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/GNhPjuBWmcQ/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-48/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:09:49 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5817 <p>Love Love Love Oxalis stricta &#124; Yellow Woodsorrel Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-48/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/GNhPjuBWmcQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-48/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-48/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/d5ZnCiE7kDw/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-47/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:08:10 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5810 <p>Love Love Love Oxalis stricta &#124; Yellow Woodsorrel Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-47/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/d5ZnCiE7kDw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-47/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-47/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/M6VatNuIpok/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/oxalis-stricta-yellow-woodsorrel-love-love-love/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:04:43 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5654 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Oxalis stricta • Common Name(s): Common Yellow Oxalis, Common Yellow Woodsorrel, Yellow Woodsorrel, Common Yellow Oxalis, Upright Yellow-Sorrel, Lemon Clover, Shamrocks • Nickname: Love Love Love • Native: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Oxalidaceae • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/oxalis-stricta-yellow-woodsorrel-love-love-love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/oxalis-stricta-yellow-woodsorrel-love-love-love/">Oxalis stricta | Yellow Woodsorrel | Love Love Love</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/M6VatNuIpok" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/oxalis-stricta-yellow-woodsorrel-love-love-love/feed/ 0 0:01:13 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. NOTE: The mnemonic of another plant (Stellaria media | Chickweed) in this course is based on the “4 essentials of survival ”. The mnemonic of this plant is based on the “Rule of 3s”. In any extreme situation you can’t survive for more than 3 minutes without air, 3 hours without shelter, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food. Now, assuming you’re on land (looking at plants; not in a water survival situation), air in this mnemonic, will represent weather not oxygen. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: You love, love, love (3 heart-shaped leaflets) this plant and it loves, loves, loves (3 heart-shaped leaflets) you. It first reminds you of the “Rule of 3s". It then provides those 4 things necessary for survival: perfect weather/air (yellow star-shaped flowers represent clear weather; sunny skies and starry nights; not a cloud in the sky), a tarp shelter (each leaflet represents a tarp and the fold down the middle [it folds at night; at bedtime] represents your ridge line tied between 2 trees), water (the erect seed pod capsules [they bend sharply upward on their stalks], on the plant, represent water bottles with pull spouts on top [a short point]. The bottles/seed pods are erect and have pull spouts so that all of the water won’t spill out) and food (the entire plant [above ground] is edible). Carrnell Dixon no no survival,skills,wild,edible,plants,identify,remember,memorize,plants,medicinal,wild,wilderness,commonhttp://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/oxalis-stricta-yellow-woodsorrel-love-love-love/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/5654/0/Love.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/9ZW3i1daIaM/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/oenothera-biennis-evening-primrose-bananas/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:33:13 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5517 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Oenothera biennis • Common Name(s): Evening Primrose, Sun Drop, German Rampion, Hog Weed, King’s Cure All, Fever Plant • Nickname: Bananas • Native: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Onagraceae • Duration: Biennial • Growth &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/oenothera-biennis-evening-primrose-bananas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/oenothera-biennis-evening-primrose-bananas/">Oenothera biennis | Evening Primrose | Bananas</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/9ZW3i1daIaM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/oenothera-biennis-evening-primrose-bananas/feed/ 2 0:04:04 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: A tribe of tall indigenous people. The average height of each person is 7 or 8 feet (average mature height of the plant)!!! You ask the tribal leader how did they all get so tall. He tells you that it’s because of all of the bananas (flowers are bright yellow) they eat from the surrounding forest. He then take you on a tour to show you how it’s done. First you’re led to their spear stand. It’s a large adobe brick (this represents the 1st year rosette of leaves) with many holes in it. The bottom end of each spear is placed in a hole so that all of the spears stand erect (this represents the 2nd year flowering stems); like straight hairs growing out of a patch of skin (stems are covered with stiff hairs). Notice how each spear has a hand grip wrapped around it’s middle that’s made out of white rabbit fur (stems are covered with stiff “white” hairs). Also notice how some of the white rabbit fur, that was recently applied, still drips with blood and stains the stick of the spear (stems are green or red). A hunter walks to the stand, puts his hand on one of the white furry grips and pulls out a spear. His forearm, with the hand holding the spear, is fitted with a sleeve that’s covered with extra spear tips (leaves are lance or football shaped and they clutter the stem [both the spear stick and forearm represent the stem in this mnemonic]; they also, like a typical spear tip or lance, are smooth around the edges [can be wavy or have shallow/tiny teeth [remember: any spear tip or lance can be nicked around the edges] but they are especially not deeply toothed). You follow the hunter, with his flashy arm sleeve and spear, with the white furry grip, into the forest to hunt/search for bananas. Entire clusters (flower buds and flowers grow on clusters) of bananas are taken down by the hunter as he aims the spear and throws it at them. The spear falls back to earth, each time, with a cluster of bananas on the tip of it (flower bud and flower clusters grow at the tip of the stem[s]). He extracts the spear from the cluster (individual flowers/buds have no stalk; they connect directly to the stem) applies another spear tip from his sleeve (re-enforces leaves are lance or football shaped and they clutter the stem) and does it again and again. All of the banana clusters are brought back to the tribe. Some are yellow (flowers) and some are green (green represent the long and round/cylindrical flower buds; when flowers are closed or immature [remember: flower buds can sometimes be reddish, just as bananas can sometimes be red]). The yellow clusters are separated, peeled down all 4 sides (each flower has 4 yellow petals; the 4 green sepals, that surrounded the flower, curl under like a banana that’s been peeled; 4 + 4 = 8 stamen) and eaten right away by some of the tall tribe members. Lemon juice is squeezed on the green banana clusters to help them mature more quickly (this results in the open flowers [yellow bananas] having a mild lemon scent). As you “closely" watch the tall women of the tribe squeeze the lemons, some of the juice squirts into your eye. You quickly check the condition of your eye by using one of the many steel spear tips (the next line applies to the leaves that are represented by the spear tips or lances) on the hunter’s sleeve. The reflection shows that one of your eyes is white and the other eye, that was hit with the lemon juice, is pink (the mid-rib of each leaf if distinctly white or pink). The pain is so bad that you go to the tribes medicine man. He tells you, “the pain is from the sun; as the sun sets your eye will hurt less and the green bananas will turn yellow like the rest” (flowers bloom [bananas turn yellow] as the sun sets). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/oenothera-biennis-evening-primrose-bananas/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/5517/0/Bananas.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/roYGX5avBQo/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-46/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:32:40 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5601 <p>Bananas Oenothera biennis &#124; Evening Primrose Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-46/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/roYGX5avBQo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-46/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-46/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/VG7DpoCuIdE/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-45/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:32:04 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5606 <p>Bananas Oenothera biennis &#124; Evening Primrose Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-45/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/VG7DpoCuIdE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-45/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/07/see-plants-nickname-45/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/CoRrnQBkRk0/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/nasturtium-officinale-watercress-ducks/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:02:22 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5248 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Nasturtium officinale (formerly known as Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum) • Common Name(s): Watercress, Scurvy grass, Tall nasturtium • Nickname: Ducks • Introduced/Naturalized: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard) • Duration: Perennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/nasturtium-officinale-watercress-ducks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/nasturtium-officinale-watercress-ducks/">Nasturtium officinale | Watercress | Ducks</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/CoRrnQBkRk0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/nasturtium-officinale-watercress-ducks/feed/ 0 0:01:56 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: This is a story about a black (leaflet are brownish green) female duck that was once a slave. Her white slave master kept her trapped in a wooden box, with no soft bedding, and kept her tied down with ropes around her ankles (stems often root at the nodes/joints, especially in water). When the time came for her to lay eggs, because of the hard wooden floor, the eggs, because they came out soft (leaflets are fleshy), ended up being flat near the base (leaflets are egg-lance shaped and slanted at the base). Some of her eggs were smooth and others were lumpy from the baby ducks pushing on the soft shell from the inside (leaflet edges are smooth or have shallow rounded projections). At the top of some eggs, you can see an outline of the baby ducks beak; their mouths are already open, inside the egg, waiting for food to be put in it (leaflets have a notch at the tip). When all of the eggs were hatched, her master, out of kindness, cut the rope (reinforces: stems often root at the nodes/joints, especially in water) and set them all free. After some time had passed, the mother and baby ducks paddled through the water (this plant is usually found in water; notice the remnants of the rope around their ankles underwater; the wake of the ducks represent a flowing water environment; the ducks floating represents the hollow floating stems; the formation of the duck family, big momma in front and babies trailing behind in 2 lines, opposite or nearly opposite of one another represents the form of this plant’s compound leaf; top leaflet [at tip of leaf] is larger than leaflets below it; the baby ducks, while they’re paddling in pairs, would be able to hold hands, like human children crossing a street with their teacher, if they had them, so that represents leaflets/ducks have no leaflet stalk/stem/arms) to visit their former slave master (there were invited to dinner). They all got out of the water (now you can imagine how tall the mother duck is; up to 2 feet like the plant), vigorously shook the water from off of their bodies onto the ground they’re standing on (plant can be found on wet not dry land), then they proceed to walk up a spiral staircase (seed pods and flowers on elongating racemes, arranged like steps [the seed pods] of a spiral staircase along a central stem, produced towards the tip of branches) to meet him, his wife and 2 children (family of 4 white [individual flowers have 4 petals]). He was telling a story about how he had become a preacher (flowers 4 petals are arranged in the shape of a cross) when their Mexican cook come out with some spicy Mexican food (plant has a sharp, hot flavor) that they all enjoyed. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/nasturtium-officinale-watercress-ducks/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/5248/0/Nasturtium-officinale-Watercress-Pt-2-of-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/ix3SNPo5oDs/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-44/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:01:46 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5426 <p>Ducks Nasturtium officinale &#124; Watercress Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-44/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/ix3SNPo5oDs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-44/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-44/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/dyMR1Do3DR0/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-43/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:01:05 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5430 <p>Ducks Nasturtium officinale &#124; Watercress Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-43/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/dyMR1Do3DR0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-43/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-43/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/gmTvN4zvL1s/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-42/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:25:52 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5240 <p>Knife &#8216;n&#8217; Fork Mentha spicata &#124; Spearmint Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-42/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/gmTvN4zvL1s" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-42/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-42/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/wm6pI4lPclo/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-41/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:24:08 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5234 <p>Knife &#8216;n&#8217; Fork Mentha spicata &#124; Spearmint Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-41/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/wm6pI4lPclo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-41/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-41/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/mcdi8hmVqPo/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/mentha-spicata-spearmint-knife-n-fork/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:15:20 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5080 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Mentha spicata • Common Name(s): Spearmint, Garden Mint, Green Mint, Sage of Bethlehem, Fish Mint, Lamb Mint • Nickname: Knife &#8216;n&#8217; Fork • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Lamiaceae • Duration: Perennial • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/mentha-spicata-spearmint-knife-n-fork/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/mentha-spicata-spearmint-knife-n-fork/">Mentha spicata | Spearmint | Knife &#8216;n&#8217; Fork</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/mcdi8hmVqPo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/mentha-spicata-spearmint-knife-n-fork/feed/ 0 0:02:02 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: You’re married (if you are not already). You and your spouse enter an Italian restaurant called Knife (this is a 2 edged/sided knife or lance [tip of a spear]; flower spikes and leaves are lance shaped; tapered flower spikes bare a thin lance shape while leaves can bare a fat/ovalish or thin lance shape; leaves are serrated around the edge like your knife/lance is) 'n' Fork (this fork has only 3 tines or points which resemble plant’s branching system [opposite branches from the main/central stem and opposite leaves]. Upon entering the restaurant you (your husband if you’re the wife) tell the matradee “table for 2”, while at the same time holding up 2 fingers, on his left hand (the wedding band hand), like a peace sign (this symbol tells us not 2 but 3 things: 1] the “V” shape, of the 2 fingers, represents the tubular shape of individual flowers. 2] the 2 extended fingers represent the 2 fused upper lobes, of individual flowers, and the 3 folded fingers represent the 3 fused lower lobes, of individual flowers, which are each generally wider than each of the 2 upper lobes, just as the width of the lower 3 folded fingers are wider than the width of the upper 2 extended fingers. 3] the wedding ring, on his left hand, reminds us that the flowers develop in rings to form the dense flower spike), for the matradee to see. When you’re seated the 2 of you are served with water, garlic bread and a stick of butter (square like the stem of the plant). Now imagine the process of buttering the bread (when your knife/lance touches the butter stick “STOP"; this represents the lance shaped leaves connecting to the square stem with no [or a very short] leafstalk) and drinking the water over a nice conversation. The hunger and thirst, for both of you, is satisfied so you decide to pay then leave. Before leaving though; the 2 of you do 2 things. 1) In order to get rid of the water you use the restaurant bathroom to pee (the pee represents the flowers which are “p”inkish to “p”urplish [actually it’s lavender but with no poisonous look alikes purple will work for this “p” mnemonic]; so if you see a pinkish to purplish tapered flower spike [sometime white like your garlic bread], it might be a Knife 'n' Fork plant). 2) In order to get rid of the garlic you eat a mint, from the restaurant, for fresh breath (since garlic breath is associated with smell and not taste, this reminds us to smell a crushed leaf for a minty scent). OPTION: All of the 2s in this mnemonic can help you to remember that this plant can grow up to 2 feet tall. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/mentha-spicata-spearmint-knife-n-fork/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/5080/0/Mentha-spicata-_-Spearmint-Pt-2-of.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/oFDq595YMlU/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/malva-neglecta-common-mallow-spare-tire/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:04:22 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4929 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Malva neglecta • Common Name(s): Common Mallow, Buttonweed, Cheeseplant, Cheeseweed, Dwarf Mallow, Roundleaf Mallow • Nickname: Spare Tire • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Malvaceae • Duration: Annual/Biennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/malva-neglecta-common-mallow-spare-tire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/malva-neglecta-common-mallow-spare-tire/">Malva neglecta | Common Mallow | Spare Tire</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/oFDq595YMlU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/malva-neglecta-common-mallow-spare-tire/feed/ 1 0:01:07 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. NOTE: Mallow is usually associated with the marshmallow treat. There are 6 things to look for to know if you have a Mallow (including a spare tire). Good to know because all Mallow species (over 1000) are edible, medicinal and totally devoid of any harmful properties (except Cotton [Gossypium herbaceum]). The following mnemonic will help you to remember the 6 identifying characteristics of all mallows. Including this one. VIVIDLY IMAGINE: Driving in a mini-van, with multiple kids, to a campground for a camp-out. Before reaching the destination you get a flat tire. You put on the spare tire and continue to drive toward the camp (kids + camping = marshmallows). Now that you are at campsite, tell the kids “were going to roast marshmallows”. What’s the first thing they do? Well, they usually all scream “YEAAA” and clap their hands together. They each find a stick and they press a marshmallow on it. They gather around the fire and place their treat tipped sticks around it. When the treats are ready they pick them off of their sticks with their tiny hands and eat. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: Driving in a mini-van, with multiple kids, to a campground for a camp-out. Before reaching the destination you get a flat tire. You put it on the spare tire (plant's nickname; represents round flattened seedpod/fruit ) and continue to drive toward the camp. Now that you are at campsite, tell the kids “were going to roast marshmallows” (kids + camping = marshmallows). What’s the first thing they do? Well, they usually all scream “YEAAA” and clap their hands together (each hand has 5 fingers; one hand represents the petals and the other hand represents the sepals/calyx). They each find a stick (represents the stamen) and they press a marshmallow on it (results in a round and flattened marshmallow; reenforces round flattened seedpod/fruit shape). They gather around (each kid represents an individual seed that forms a round row that forms the fruit; the seeds are not fused together, like the kids around the fire are not, but can be separated) the fire (imagine watching the flames while roasting the marshmallows; the alternating flames/flicker represents the alternating leaves along the stem) and place their treat tipped sticks around it (represents multiple stamen/sticks pressed [or fused] around the pistil/fire). When the treats are ready they pick them off of their sticks with their tiny hands (part of the fun is the gooey result; represents the gooey content of the leaves, stems and roots when crushed) and eat. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/malva-neglecta-common-mallow-spare-tire/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/4929/0/Malva-neglecta-_-Common-Mallow-Pt-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/DumxbOq2low/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-40/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:55:17 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5070 <p>Spare Tire Malva neglecta &#124; Common Mallow Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-40/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/DumxbOq2low" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-40/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-40/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/4Hp2_LRPPZA/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-39/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:47:25 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=5061 <p>Spare Tire Malva neglecta &#124; Common Mallow Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-39/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/4Hp2_LRPPZA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-39/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-39/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/kGvsDd2Sr0M/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/lycopus-americanus-water-horehound-back-spine-wm/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:39:56 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4693 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Lycopus americanus • Common Name(s): Water Horehound, American Water Horehound, American Bugleweed, Common Bugleweed, Gypsywart • Nickname: Back Spine (WM) • Native: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Lamiaceae (Mint) • Duration: Perennial • Growth &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/lycopus-americanus-water-horehound-back-spine-wm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/lycopus-americanus-water-horehound-back-spine-wm/">Lycopus americanus | Water Horehound | Back Spine (WM)</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/kGvsDd2Sr0M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/lycopus-americanus-water-horehound-back-spine-wm/feed/ 0 0:00:48 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: When you see a human spine (represents main stem: 1. both are erect. 2. leaf pairs are widely and evenly spaced along stem; spine look. 3. tiny whitish to pinkish flower clusters encircle stem where leaf pairs meet the stem, like whitish to pinkish cartilage between each spine disc or joint. 4. spine/stem is hollowed after scavengers picked it clean; now there’s only bone. 5. each spine disc, from a top view, is rectangle-ish NOT round [especially if you choose to imagine each spine disc with it’s vertebra attached]; the stem is not round either, it’s square. 6. a human spine, like the stem, can be up to 3 feet tall) coming out of the ground. Upon closer examination (naturally you should examine the leaves next; the flowers were already recognized as whitish to pinkish cartilage) you notice that some dog features remain at the top and bottom (here it helps to remember the phrase “examined from top to bottom; this brings you to the head of the dog then to the feet) of the carcass. The ears (leaves grow opposite along stem in pairs; like ears on a dog’s head), teeth (upper leaves are coarsely toothed) and feet (you’re finished with the top or head of the dog, now for the bottom or feet) are like those of a wolf (lower leaves, mainly in the bottom half of the blade, are deeply lobed and lobes end in points [represent dog claws]; Lycopus comes from the Greek words lycos for "wolf" and pous for "foot", apparently an imaginative referral to the shape of these bottom leaves). This was a wolfman!!! The cause of death is clear. Someone put a spear (leaves are lance or oval-lance shaped) right through the middle of the wolfman’s back (leaf pairs are arranged perpendicularly to the pair above or below it; forming the shape of a "cross" or "X" from a top view; the wolfman’s ears and arms represent east and west leaf pair alignment; the spear, through the wolfman’s back, represent north south leaf pair alignment; the spear going through the “middle” of the wolfman’s back, represent that north south pair of leaves lying on a different plane than the east west [ears and arms] pair) as it was kneeing down (reason for low spine position above ground; up to 3 feet tall) to drink water (this plant is found in damp or wet environments). OPTION: Leaf pairs are arranged perpendicularly to the pair above or below it; forming the shape of a "cross" or "X" from a top view. Remembering this top view can reinforce the plant’s square stem characteristic. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/lycopus-americanus-water-horehound-back-spine-wm/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/4693/0/Lycopus-americanus-Back-Spine-Part.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/ECO_bOE-fg8/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-38/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:39:20 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4876 <p>Back Spine (WM) Lycopus americanus &#124; Water Horehound Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-38/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/ECO_bOE-fg8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-38/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-38/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/li-p9o1_ABQ/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-37/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:38:35 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4879 <p>Back Spine (WM) Lycopus americanus &#124; Water Horehound Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-37/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/li-p9o1_ABQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-37/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/06/see-plants-nickname-37/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/sELJmUzXL7U/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lepidium-virginicum-virginia-pepperweed-milk-bottle/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 16:28:26 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4515 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Lepidium virginicum • Common Name(s): Virginia Pepperweed, Peppergrass, Wild Peppergrass • Nickname: Milk Bottle • Native: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard) • Duration: Annual / Biennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lepidium-virginicum-virginia-pepperweed-milk-bottle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lepidium-virginicum-virginia-pepperweed-milk-bottle/">Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Pepperweed | Milk Bottle</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/sELJmUzXL7U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lepidium-virginicum-virginia-pepperweed-milk-bottle/feed/ 0 0:03:37 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. NOTE BEFORE MNEMONIC: Of the 52 plants shared in this course, there are 3, including this one, that resemble the shape of a bottle brush. They also have tiny white flowers (represent soap bubbles on the brush) and flat roundish seed pods. These 3 plants are referred to, in their mnemonics and nicknames, as bottles. Now when you see a soapy bottle brush (with flat roundish seed pods) in the field, the first thing to do is determine what kind of bottle it is. Start from the first stage in life: 1) As a baby you drank from a “milk” bottle. Virginia Pepperweed, the plant featured here, is nicknamed milk bottle because, like a baby it’s hairless (or mostly so) and has tiny hands, which represent the tiny seed pods of the plant. 2) As a teenager you drank from a “soda” bottle. Field Penny Cress is nicknamed soda bottle because you can not only see the fizz/carbonation rising along the inside of the bottle (represented by a longitudinally ribbed main stem); you can also see the coins that come with the plant, to buy sodas from the machine (represented by the large coin-like seed pods). 3) As an adult you can drink out of a “beer” bottle. Field Pepperweed is nicknamed beer bottle because, in this case, the beer bottle is associated with a hairy/burly man (represented by the dense hairs all over stems and leaves). Now that you’ve determined that the bottle brush is for a milk bottle (for this particular plant) it’s time for the milk bottle mnemonic... MNEMONIC: Study the milk/baby bottle very closely (nicknamed milk bottle not baby bottle in order to stay consistent with the "substance" [milk, soda, beer] theme of all 3 bottles that are featured in this course; for better memory retention). Now, the nipple is lance shaped like a long breast seen on Nation Geographic. The bottle itself has a linear/strap/rectangular shape. This bottle also has the raised numbers and lines along the sides for measuring. OPTION: This particular baby has reddish pink skin from crying. That is the reason for you giving the baby a bottle of milk. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: Study the milk/baby bottle very closely (nicknamed milk bottle not baby bottle in order to stay consistent with the "substance" [milk, soda, beer] theme of all 3 bottles that are featured in this course; for better memory retention). Now, the nipple is lance shaped like a long breast seen on National Geographic (the "stem" leaves can be lance shaped). The bottle itself has a linear/strap/rectangular shape (the "stem" leaves can also be linear in shape; parallel sides with tip/nipple on the end). This bottle also has the raised numbers and lines along the sides for measuring (leaves are toothed around the edges). OPTION: This particular baby has reddish pink skin from crying (the stem/body of the plant can be green or slightly reddish pink). That is the reason for you giving the baby a bottle of milk. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lepidium-virginicum-virginia-pepperweed-milk-bottle/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/4515/0/Lepidium-virginicum-Milk-Bottle-Pa.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/i000zN1X0kM/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-36/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 16:27:37 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4667 <p>Milk Bottle Lepidium virginicum &#124; Virginia Pepperweed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-36/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/i000zN1X0kM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-36/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-36/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/dVE237NY7KQ/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-35/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 16:25:09 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4673 <p>Milk Bottle Lepidium virginicum &#124; Virginia Pepperweed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-35/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/dVE237NY7KQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-35/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-35/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/vZZ5xp3b5y4/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lepidium-campestre-field-pepperweed-beer-bottle/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:35:04 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4360 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Lepidium campestre • Common Name(s): Field Pepperweed, Field Peppergrass, Pepperwort, Cow Cress • Nickname: Beer Bottle • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard) • Duration: Annual/Biennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lepidium-campestre-field-pepperweed-beer-bottle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lepidium-campestre-field-pepperweed-beer-bottle/">Lepidium campestre | Field Pepperweed | Beer Bottle</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/vZZ5xp3b5y4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lepidium-campestre-field-pepperweed-beer-bottle/feed/ 0 0:03:57 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. NOTE BEFORE THE MNEMONIC: Of the 52 plants shared in this course, there are 3, including this one, that resemble the shape of a bottle brush. They also have tiny white flowers (they represent soap bubbles on the brush) and roundish seed pods. These 3 plants are referred to, in their mnemonics and nicknames, as bottles. Now when you see a bottle brush (with roundish seed pods) in the field, the first thing to do is determine what kind of bottle it is. Start from the first stage in life: 1) As a baby you drank from a “milk” bottle. Virginia Pepperweed’s nickname is milk bottle because, like a baby it’s hairless (or mostly so) and has tiny hands, which represent the tiny seed pods of the plant. 2) As a teenager you drank from a “soda” bottle. Field Penny Cress is nicknamed soda bottle because you can not only see the fizz/carbonation rising along the inside of the bottle (represented by a longitudinally ribbed main stem); you can also see the coins that come with the plant, to buy sodas from the machine (represented by the large coin-like seed pods). 3) As an adult you can drink out of a “beer” bottle. Field Pepperweed, the plant featured here, is nicknamed beer bottle because, in this case, the beer bottle is associated with a hairy/burly man (represented by the dense hairs all over stems and leaves). Now that you’ve determined that the bottle brush is for a beer bottle (for this particular plant) it’s time for the beer bottle mnemonic... MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: You’re in a survival situation and have found a brown beer bottle on the brown ground (the color brown is associated with beer bottles). Think. What are the best uses for it? Well, beside flint knapping the bottom for arrow heads (which is unlikely without the skill and a deer antler), it’s best use is to break it for a cutting tool. With the sharp glass you can now cut all of the arrow heads you need from the plant’s stems that are covered with them (main stem covered with arrow shaped leaves that are without stalks [like real arrow heads]). Arrow shafts are provided by the plant’s stems too (plant's stems are somewhat erect). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lepidium-campestre-field-pepperweed-beer-bottle/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/4360/0/Lepidium-campestre-Field-Pepperwee.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/IWY8_VebUho/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-34/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:34:23 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4462 <p>Beer Bottle Lepidium campestre &#124; Field Pepperweed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-34/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/IWY8_VebUho" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-34/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-34/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/Ps1v5Fi8o5U/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-33/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:33:43 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4467 <p>Beer Bottle Lepidium campestre &#124; Field Pepperweed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-33/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/Ps1v5Fi8o5U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-33/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-33/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/7iKb09f6L7A/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lamium-amplexicaule-henbit-skinned-rabbits/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:49:49 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4172 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Lamium amplexicaule • Common Name(s): Henbit, Henbit Deadnettle, Greater Henbit • Nickname: Skinned Rabbits • Introduced/Naturalized: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Lamiaceae (Mint) • Duration: Annual/Biennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human Hazards: &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lamium-amplexicaule-henbit-skinned-rabbits/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lamium-amplexicaule-henbit-skinned-rabbits/">Lamium amplexicaule | Henbit | Skinned Rabbits</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/7iKb09f6L7A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lamium-amplexicaule-henbit-skinned-rabbits/feed/ 0 0:01:38 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: Rabbits (flowers bare rabbit features and profile; upper lip arched like a hood; lower lip pouch shaped; 2 small rabbit ear shaped lobes at top of pouch; hairless inside; hairy outside; topped with a thick head/hood of hair), after being skinned alive (flowers/rabbits are pink to purpleish [the color of veins in the skin]; they can also be white [the color usually associated with rabbits]) by a cruel person, all came together in order to keep a lookout for others who might do the same thing to their kittens after they hatch (wink, wink). They chose a plant with a build-in platform (upper stems bare 2 opposite leaves that form a collar around the stem) to place their eggs upon (leaf surface bares oval patterns, leaves can be oval in shape and they have rounded edges; like eggs). The platform allows for a 360° view (upper leaves, that are opposite of one another, form a roundish collar) and it also has a soft surface (leaf surface is hairy) so the eggs won’t break. The perfect watchtower (platforms or collars occur on upper stems only; lower stems bare opposite leaves that have stalks). Now, as you can see, they watch over their eggs by standing up on their hind legs (reminds you that the plant, not the flower, is 6 to 18 inches tall; about as tall as a standing rabbit) constantly on the lookout (flower/rabbit profiles appear to be looking out for something) for humans. As you approach them, because they are skinned, you can literally see their hearts jump out of their chest, out of fear, and it then falls to the platform (each leaf, that make up the platform, can be heart shaped; the blood of the heart, that falls to the platform/leaf, represent the tendency of leaves having red edges) . As you get closer, you watch them collect their hearts and eggs before dashing inside of a safe room or box to hide (stems are square and hollow). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lamium-amplexicaule-henbit-skinned-rabbits/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/4172/0/Lamium-amplexicaule-Henbit-Part-2.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/7YSgc85LN8w/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-32/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:48:28 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4274 <p>Skinned Rabbit Lamium amplexicaule &#124; Henbit Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-32/">See Plant’s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/7YSgc85LN8w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-32/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-32/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/iHspV8e1_Lo/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-31/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:47:48 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4280 <p>Skinned Rabbit Lamium amplexicaule &#124; Henbit Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-31/">See Plant’s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/iHspV8e1_Lo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-31/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-31/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/SVSfsFkgAPE/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-30/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 17:00:15 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4114 <p>Broom Lactuca serriola &#124; Prickly Lettuce Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-30/">See Plant’s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/SVSfsFkgAPE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-30/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-30/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/_AULF83kQ18/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-29/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:59:33 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=4118 <p>Broom Lactuca serriola &#124; Prickly Lettuce Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-29/">See Plant’s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/_AULF83kQ18" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-29/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/see-plants-nickname-29/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/oxTR9uGd4Uk/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lactuca-serriola-prickly-lettuce-broom/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:52:24 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3949 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Lactuca serriola • Common Name(s): Prickly Lettuce, Milk Thistle, Wild Lettuce, Compass Plant, Wild Opium • Nickname: Broom • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Asteraceae • Duration: Annual/Biennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lactuca-serriola-prickly-lettuce-broom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lactuca-serriola-prickly-lettuce-broom/">Lactuca serriola | Prickly Lettuce | Broom</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/oxTR9uGd4Uk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lactuca-serriola-prickly-lettuce-broom/feed/ 0 0:02:27 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: Grasp the broom with both hands (leaves clasp the stem). Now start sweeping around the edges (spikes grow around leaf edges), along the base boards, of your kitchen. What you are sweeping up are a trail of ants that are attracted to something. Keep sweeping around the edge in order to follow the ants’ trail. The ants’ trail diverges suddenly away from the edge of the kitchen and goes straight down the middle of it (spikes also grow along leaf stalk; midrib; underneath). The ants’ trail leads right to your kitchen table! Someone has left a half eaten sandwich (leaves bare “C" shaped edges, like someone had been taking bites out of them) and a glass of milk (the entire plant oozes a milky white sap when cut), which has spoiled, upon it. You proceed to pour the spoiled milk into the sink and throw the half eaten, ant covered, sandwich into the trash can. Then, of course, you open the door to take the trash out. As soon as you open the door a huge gust of wind starts blowing a variety (alternate) of leaves (leaves alternate on the stem) inside. You quickly set the trash bag just outside of the door then shut it again. Now you must sweep up the large variety of the leaves. This time, when you open the door to take the trash out, you are shocked to find a full grown lion (flowers are dandelion-like) at your door. It’s gotten into the trash bag you had just left outside and it’s now eating the rest of the half eaten sandwich. You startle the lion when it sees you and it turns white as a ghost (flowers are pale yellow but can appear to be white from a distance due to the wooly hairs [pappus] on each seed ofter the plant flowers). Then the lion stands up on it’s hind two legs and throws it’s front paws into the air like hands (stem leaves twist to point skyward); as if you were a police officer, then it backs away slowly. When the lion is gone you are finally able to take the trash out to the curb. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/05/lactuca-serriola-prickly-lettuce-broom/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/3949/0/Lactuca-serriola-Prickly-Lettuce-P.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/v6q-pMhyxfM/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-28/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:34:55 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3938 <p>Sun Hat Helianthus tuberosus &#124; Jerusalem Artichoke Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-28/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/v6q-pMhyxfM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-28/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-28/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/6Q9EEfmKqzo/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-27/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:30:53 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3932 <p>Sun Hat Helianthus tuberosus &#124; Jerusalem Artichoke Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-27/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/6Q9EEfmKqzo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-27/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-27/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/kdRy4d3mA5U/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/helianthus-tuberosus-jerusalem-artichoke-sun-hat/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:57:02 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3316 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Helianthus tuberosus • Common Name(s): Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunroot, Sunchoke, Earth Apple, Topinambour • Nickname: Sun Hat • Native: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Asteraceae • Duration: Perennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/helianthus-tuberosus-jerusalem-artichoke-sun-hat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/helianthus-tuberosus-jerusalem-artichoke-sun-hat/">Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke | Sun Hat</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/kdRy4d3mA5U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/helianthus-tuberosus-jerusalem-artichoke-sun-hat/feed/ 0 0:02:49 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: When you see a Sun Hat (like a sunflower but with a dome-like [space for your head] yellow, not flat brown, center disk; more like a complete/actual hat) put it on. Now look out at the view. You’re now on a sandy (texture of leaves and stems) beach! In front of you are 2 groups of people having a tug-of-war contest with a long thick rope (rhizomes root system). On the side that wins, all of the people fall backwards into the sand, one on top of the other, as usual; and the long thick rope falls lifeless to the ground (reenforces rhizomes root system). The anchor man, pulling at the end of the rope, of the winning team; jumps up and starts to celebrate the win by flexing his arm muscles, in alternating poses (upper leaves alternate along upper stem), right in front of you. Now picture this: He is tall (mature plant is 6 to 10 feet tall) and bristly or hair (describes leaves and stems). All he is wearing are leather (leaf texture) thong-like shorts to cover his privates (imagine early man with a single leaf covering this area in order to associate the thong with leaves). Plus, because of the fall backwards, all of his limbs and his thong-like shorts are covered with sand (reenforces texture of leaves and stems) from all of the sweat and tanning oil. You notice, what is typical, that his legs are skinny (plant stems are thin). He does not flex them. They remain still, opposite of one another (lower leaves are opposite along lower stem). He should just wrap a towel around his waist (lower leaves can whorl, in groups of 3, around lower stem) in order to cover those bird legs. Anyway, all of his upper body movement, from all of his alternating poses, has caused his feet to sink ankle deep into the sand (this is where you must picture his feet under the sand; his toes represent the edible tubers). This is another reason why his legs don’t move. To change the view you start to play fetch with your dog on the beach. Now, throw a partially deflated football (leaves can be football shaped). Your dog runs to retrieve it. He or She bites into the ball (the edges of all leaves have teeth) and brings it back to you. Your dogs bite was so powerful that the football was bitten in half (leaves can also be lance shaped). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/helianthus-tuberosus-jerusalem-artichoke-sun-hat/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/3316/0/Helianthus-tuberosus-Jerusalem-Art.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/hAE3YYQ1tIE/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-26/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:24:26 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3639 <p>Bugle Boy Glechoma hederacea &#124; Ground Ivy Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-26/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/hAE3YYQ1tIE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-26/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-26/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/KEXmLdxH_9M/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-25/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:22:02 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3635 <p>Bugle Boy Glechoma hederacea &#124; Ground Ivy Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-25/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/KEXmLdxH_9M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-25/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-25/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/pTHUw8Rx6rI/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-24/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:06:54 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3625 <p>Period Daucus carota &#124; Queen Anne’s Lace Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-24/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/pTHUw8Rx6rI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-24/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-24/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/I9ObYLFr9Rw/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-23/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:01:44 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3621 <p>Period Daucus carota &#124; Queen Anne’s Lace Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-23/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/I9ObYLFr9Rw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-23/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-23/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/KkGRjv9GLfA/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-22/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:39:56 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3616 <p>Prickly Vase Cirsium vulgare &#124; Bull Thistle Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-22/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/KkGRjv9GLfA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-22/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-22/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/sX2sjGv5WHM/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-21/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:37:47 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3612 <p>Prickly Vase Cirsium vulgare &#124; Bull Thistle Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-21/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/sX2sjGv5WHM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-21/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-21/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/JHvJ6J386uU/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-20/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:15:42 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3608 <p>Glass Windmill Cichorium intybus &#124; Chicory Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-20/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/JHvJ6J386uU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-20/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-20/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/Teq6DMru-ZE/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-19/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:12:29 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3600 <p>Glass Windmill Cichorium intybus &#124; Chicory Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-19/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/Teq6DMru-ZE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-19/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-19/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/sl5ZR8SKPj8/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-18/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:54:23 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3594 <p>Goosefoot Chenopodium album &#124; Lamb’s Quarters Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-18/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/sl5ZR8SKPj8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-18/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-18/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/6bjo5Gqw6h0/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-17/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:51:54 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3588 <p>Goosefoot Chenopodium album &#124; Lamb’s Quarters Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-17/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/6bjo5Gqw6h0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-17/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-17/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/PEq0sFvFuMc/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-16/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:35:57 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3584 <p>Fishtails Capsella bursa-pastoris &#124; Shepherd’s Purse Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-16/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/PEq0sFvFuMc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-16/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-16/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/l4D-f3OyQhM/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-15/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:31:58 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3580 <p>Fishtails Capsella bursa-pastoris &#124; Shepherd’s Purse Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-15/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/l4D-f3OyQhM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-15/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-15/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/NxGgMVvMn3g/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-14/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:17:40 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3575 <p>Mustard Packs (Blk) Brassica nigra &#124; Black Mustard Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-14/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/NxGgMVvMn3g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-14/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-14/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/uAR-Noz6--E/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-13/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:14:40 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3571 <p>Mustard Packs (Blk) Brassica nigra &#124; Black Mustard Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-13/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/uAR-Noz6--E" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-13/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-13/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/3n08Nz8qKAg/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-12/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:59:01 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3566 <p>Mustard Packs (Brn) Brassica juncea &#124; Brown Mustard Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-12/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/3n08Nz8qKAg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-12/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-12/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/eqgYzcvi8ho/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-11/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:53:05 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3557 <p>Mustard Packs (Brn) Brassica juncea &#124; Brown Mustard Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-11/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/eqgYzcvi8ho" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-11/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-11/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/GRlbBD5Y3xA/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-10/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:40:00 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3550 <p>Elephants Arctium minus &#124; Lesser Burdock Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-10/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/GRlbBD5Y3xA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-10/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-10/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/CyWj6-5owho/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-9/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:36:45 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3545 <p>Elephants Arctium minus &#124; Lesser Burdock Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-9/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/CyWj6-5owho" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-9/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-9/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/VaXvrIecoCU/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-8/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:06:04 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3530 <p>Male Finger Amaranthus retroflexus &#124; Redroot Pigweed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-8/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/VaXvrIecoCU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-8/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-8/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/kWHk71QRcxU/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-7/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:40:32 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3526 <p>Male Finger Amaranthus retroflexus &#124; Redroot Pigweed Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-7/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/kWHk71QRcxU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-7/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-7/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/E5R-B2DLxQs/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-6/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:49:56 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3522 <p>Female Finger Amaranthus hybridus &#124; Slim Amaranth Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-6/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/E5R-B2DLxQs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-6/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-6/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/VSfvfQt_kxU/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-5/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:45:23 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3518 <p>Female Finger Amaranthus hybridus &#124; Slim Amaranth Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-5/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/VSfvfQt_kxU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-5/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-5/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/3zDYf9pglOU/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-4/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:42:50 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3513 <p>Doormat Amaranthus blitoides &#124; Mat Amaranth NOTE: Drawing does not depict round, spiderweb-like growth pattern Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-4/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/3zDYf9pglOU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-4/feed/ 2 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-4/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/lAxTesmvkmw/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-3/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:40:58 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3509 <p>Doormat Amaranthus blitoides &#124; Mat Amaranth NOTE: Drawing does not depict round, spiderweb-like growth pattern Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-3/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/lAxTesmvkmw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-3/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-3/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/_bwP-CK6szk/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-2/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:59:24 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3505 <p>Arrow Achillea millefolium &#124; Yarrow Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-2/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/_bwP-CK6szk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-2/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname-2/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/X5Ml4UgJb6I/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:52:20 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3492 <p>Arrow Achillea millefolium &#124; Yarrow Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/X5Ml4UgJb6I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-plants-nickname/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/y4sbIHn4mec/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-nickname/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:08:12 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3477 <p>Key Tree Acer negundo &#124; Boxelder Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-nickname/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/y4sbIHn4mec" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-nickname/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/see-nickname/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/vDUaNQnqdA8/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/3425/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:01:39 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3425 <p>Key Tree Acer negundo &#124; Boxelder Go Back</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/3425/">See Plant&#8217;s Nickname</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/vDUaNQnqdA8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/3425/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/3425/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/T-Tb9HRNPoQ/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/glechoma-hederacea-ground-ivy-bugle-boy/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:12:20 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=3186 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Glechoma hederacea • Common Name(s): Ground Ivy, Creeping Charlie, Gill-Over-The-Ground, Alehoof, Tunhoof • Nickname: Bugle Boy • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Lamiaceae • Duration: Perennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/glechoma-hederacea-ground-ivy-bugle-boy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/glechoma-hederacea-ground-ivy-bugle-boy/">Glechoma hederacea | Ground Ivy | Bugle Boy</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/T-Tb9HRNPoQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/glechoma-hederacea-ground-ivy-bugle-boy/feed/ 0 0:02:42 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: When you see a blue to violet bugle (flowers are funnel shaped) at or near the top of the stem, think of it as being on top of the world (flowers develop at on near the top of stem); the north pole, where it’s cold. Ice (blue) cold and violently (violet) cold (flowers are blue to violet). An army unit is deployed there for arctic training. Each day starts with a bugle call. Now imagine the bugler’s face. He is allowed to grow a thick beard (there’s a patch of hairs inside the tube) to protect his face from the extreme cold but his nose is purple (there’s purple spotting inside of the tube); nearly frost bitten from the extreme cold temperature. Now imagine his hands (leaf veins radiate from on point, represented by fingers radiating from the palm; leaves are nearly round/heartshaped, like an open hand is; and leaf edges bare small rounded teeth, represented by finger tips along edges of hand). He warms them up, before touching his bugle, by rubbing them together (when the hands are put together they become opposite of one another; leaves are opposite of one another, not alternating, along the stem). He then steps upon a wooden box (it’s there to remind you that stems and flower funnel’s are square shaped [bilateral]), puts his hand over his heart (to reinforce heart-shaped leaves) and makes the bugle call. At the sound, soldiers rush out of a large arctic tent and stand in formation (rows). It’s not long, while standing in formation, before they can’t move their feet because their boots (rhymes with roots and are on the ground) are frozen to the ice (imagine all of the boots/roots stuck in rows along the ground; this helps you to remember that the stems crawl along the ground and root, at intervals, at the nodes or joints of the stem). The sergeant finally, because it’s so cold, tells them all to go back inside of the tent and challenges them to build a fire without their being any trees in the region. What the soldiers do is bust up the bugler’s box (reinforces stems and flower funnel’s are square shaped [bilateral]) to burn; but it won’t stay lit. With so much time spent with their hands in their pockets, to keep them warm, one of the soldiers suggested collecting all of their pocket lent for tender and it worked. The strange thing is that the fire did not smell like wood. The lent, burning in the tent, made the smoke smell like mint (the plant, mainly leaf and stems smell “similar” to mint when crushed). One or more of the soldiers must have had mint candy in their pockets. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/04/glechoma-hederacea-ground-ivy-bugle-boy/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/3186/0/Glechoma-hederacea-Ground-Ivy-Part.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/d-BTt6ENp88/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/daucus-carota-queen-annes-lace-period/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:25:27 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=2776 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Daucus carota • Common Name(s): Queen Anne&#8217;s Lace, Wild Carrot, Bird&#8217;s Nest, Bishop&#8217;s Lace • Nickname: Period • Naturalized: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Apiaceae • Duration: Biennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/daucus-carota-queen-annes-lace-period/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/daucus-carota-queen-annes-lace-period/">Daucus carota | Queen Anne&#8217;s Lace | Period</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/d-BTt6ENp88" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/daucus-carota-queen-annes-lace-period/feed/ 0 0:01:47 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: You have just found some lace panties (flowers form lace-like clusters) with a red dot (flower clusters usually have reddish purple spot in middle) in the middle. They tell a story about a young woman who was previously there for weeks (she could not shave her legs). She started her minstrel cycle and did not have a tampon so she dug up the carrot (root) of this plant and inserted it to stop the flow but the carrot did not absorb. When she removed it, by pulling on the leaves (leaves of this plant are like those found on carrots in the store [parsley-like]) that were hanging down (bracts are leaf-like and tri-forked; the leaves that were hanging down [beneath the woman like bracts beneath flower cluster] represent leaf-like and the middle prong of tri-fork; the woman’s legs represent the left and right prong of tri-fork), the blood gushed out and ran down her hairy legs (stems and leaf stalks bare white hairs) and onto a white rabbit that was beneath her (it was attracted by the carrot smell [root and leaves smell like carrot when crushed]). The white rabbit opened an umbrella (each small flower radiates from on point atop the stem) and used it, to protect it’s fur (re-enforces stems and leaf stalks bare white hairs), until the flow stopped. When the white rabbit put the umbrella away, to sniff out the carrot (re-enforces root and leaves smell like carrot when crushed); a large bird swooped down, flew between the woman's legs, snatched the rabbit with it’s strong talons and carried it away to it’s nest (as flower cluster ages it folds up and looks like a bird’s nest) where hungry young birds were waiting to feed. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/daucus-carota-queen-annes-lace-period/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/2776/0/Daucus-carota-Queen-Anne-39s-Lace.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/DSaAayxeU3g/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/cirsium-vulgare-bull-thistle-prickly-vase/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:00:12 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=2356 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Cirsium vulgare • Common Name(s): Bull Thistle, Spear Thistle, Scotch Thistle, Common Thistle • Nickname: Prickly Vase • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Asteraceae • Duration: Biennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/cirsium-vulgare-bull-thistle-prickly-vase/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/cirsium-vulgare-bull-thistle-prickly-vase/">Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle | Prickly Vase</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/DSaAayxeU3g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/cirsium-vulgare-bull-thistle-prickly-vase/feed/ 0 0:01:22 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: When you see a Prickly Vase you see a plant that is hairy all over but has all that it needs to shave. It has the vase (shape of seedpod surrounding flowers) that’s full of water, a shaving brush (shape of flowers), lather-er (flower color usually lavender), razors (represent multiple wings along stem) and last but not least; there’s a shaving octopus inside the vase too. You watch in amazement as the octopus uncorks the shaving brush from within, it slowly crawls out, snaps some razors off the stem, lathers up the entire plant and begins to shave the plant from top to bottom. Now, as soon as the octopus reaches the bottom (represents bottom rosette of leaves), and the shaving is finished, you spear/knife/arrow (leaf lobes are spear shaped) the octopus for food and cook it with the plant. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/cirsium-vulgare-bull-thistle-prickly-vase/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/2356/0/Cirsium-vulgare-Bull-Thistle-Part.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/BzPov1d_Juc/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/cichorium-intybus-chicory-glass-windmill/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:57:36 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=2267 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Cichorium intybus • Common Name(s): Chicory, Blue Daisy, Blue Dandelion, Blue Sailors, Blue Weed • Nickname: Glass Windmill • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Asteraceae • Duration: Biennial, Perennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/cichorium-intybus-chicory-glass-windmill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/cichorium-intybus-chicory-glass-windmill/">Cichorium intybus | Chicory | Glass Windmill</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/BzPov1d_Juc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/cichorium-intybus-chicory-glass-windmill/feed/ 0 0:01:09 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: Looking up at a glass (the transparent blades appear to be the some color of the sky; usually sky blue but can also be purple, pink and white; like the sky) windmill (strap-shaped petals). It powers an underground refrigerator that's full of many glasses of milk. You detach the circular saw-like (petals have five fingered or toothed tip) windmill to cut through the stem that leads to the underground refrigerator (root contains milky sap). When the cut is made milk comes up through the stem (round and hollow like a straw), overflows (stem exudes milky sap when cut), runs down the stem and collects in cups along the stem (stem leaves have no stalks but clasp [attach directly to] the stem). You start to drink from one of the cups but stop because it has hairs, from the cow, inside and out ( leaves are covered with rough hairs on both upper and lower surfaces). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/cichorium-intybus-chicory-glass-windmill/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/2267/0/Cichorium-intybus-Chicory-Part-2-o.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/gr6SAMNe0uY/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/chenopodium-album-lambs-quarters-goosefoot/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:54:41 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=1903 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Chenopodium album • Common Name(s): Lamb&#8217;s Quarters, Goosefoot, Fat-hen • Nickname: Goosefoot • Native &#38; Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Chenopodiaceae • Duration: Annual • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human Hazards: See &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/chenopodium-album-lambs-quarters-goosefoot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/chenopodium-album-lambs-quarters-goosefoot/">Chenopodium album | Lamb&#8217;s Quarters | Goosefoot</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/gr6SAMNe0uY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/chenopodium-album-lambs-quarters-goosefoot/feed/ 0 0:02:02 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: A fat goose. He got that way by eating too many sugar coated peas (from a distance the seedpods resemble tiny peas). Desiring to loose weight the goose goes to the freezer and pulls out all of the sugar coated peas (from a distance the seedpods’ resemble tiny [remember that they’re not regular size] peas [like peas the seedpods have no stem] that are frozen [stuck together in a cluster] with a mealy white [frosty/sugar coat] outer surface). Rather than throw the frozen peas in the trash the goose comes up with a way to loose weight and make money at the same time. He will go into the wine making business! Sugar when mixed with yeast, creates alcohol; so the goose then goes to the pantry, pulls out some yeast and adds it to the sugar coated peas that are already in the bath tub. The goose begins crushing the peas (and exercising) by stomping them, and the yeast, with his feet (leaves are shaped like goose feet, goosefoot shapes get more pronounced toward the bottom of the plant [goose feet are at/towards the bottom of the goose] the lobes or teeth of the leaves point toward the tip/top like goose feet toes do, the leaves have a clammy-feeling and have a waxy-coat/unwettable like goose feet, the leaves have a mealy white underside like goose feet after stomping the peas mixed with sugar and yeast, it's also easy to imagine the edges of the goose's feet being red and wavy [from all of that stomping] like the leaves can be). When the pea wine was ready, the goose designed a 1 to 5 star rating card and invited some of his goose friends over for a wine tasting. In the end his friends gave the wine a 5 star rating (when seedpods open, the flower is star-shaped)! The biggest complement came when his female goose friend noticed the weight lose. She said “you’re so skinny I can see your ribs” (the main stem of the plant is longitudinally ribbed). They fell in love, made love then she laid an egg. You take the egg for breakfast (the 5 sepals of the calyx, that eventually open from a seedpod into a star-shaped flower, is represented by the fingers of your hand. As a seedpod the sepals [your fingers] curl inward and wrap around seed [the goose egg], more or less obscuring it from view, except for a tiny opening at the top) but squeeze it so hard that it breaks in your hand leaving yellow yolk dripping from your fingers tips (the tip of each star [stamen anthers] is yellow). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/03/chenopodium-album-lambs-quarters-goosefoot/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/1903/0/Chenopodium-album-Lamb-39s-Quaters.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/CZwtqTZwRAQ/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/capsella-bursa-pastoris-shepherds-purse-fishtails/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:13:45 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=1342 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Capsella bursa-pastoris • Common Name(s): Shepherd&#8217;s Purse, Mother’s Heart, Peppergrass, Shovelweed, Pickpocket • Nickname: Fishtails • Naturalized: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard) • Duration: Annual • Growth Habitat: Forb/Herb • Known Human &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/capsella-bursa-pastoris-shepherds-purse-fishtails/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/capsella-bursa-pastoris-shepherds-purse-fishtails/">Capsella bursa-pastoris | Shepherd&#8217;s Purse | Fishtails</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/CZwtqTZwRAQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/capsella-bursa-pastoris-shepherds-purse-fishtails/feed/ 0 0:01:46 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: You're much smaller or the plant is much larger. Now, climb the spiral staircase (fruit are borne on long stalks that resemble a spiral staircase going up the main stem) in order to collect the fish (each flower is replaced with fruit that resemble a fish's tail) that's on each step (the long stalk). Once you get to the top, coat the fish with the white flour (flowers are white) you'll find there. You'll also find a white cross (the 4 flower petals are arranged in a cross formation) at the top, made out of eating spoons (each petal is spoon shaped). The white cross and the spoons remind you to say grace before you eat. Somehow (use your imagination) you fall from the top of the plant and one of the stem leaves hook you (stem leaves are pointed, they are erect, they point upward), like a fish, by the collar. While dangling there, you instinctively grab the main stem (stem leaves have no leafstalks; they clasp the main stem) out of fear and for stability. Rescuers push one of the bottom rosette leaves, while it's still in the ground, up towards you. It's lobes are pointed up or out to the side, so it's the best makeshift ladder available. If the lobes were pointed down (like the dandelion's rosette leaves) you would just slip off and fall further. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/capsella-bursa-pastoris-shepherds-purse-fishtails/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/1342/0/Capsella-bursa-pastoris-Shepherd-3.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/gdnfNj65BKg/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/brassica-nigra-black-mustard-mustard-packs-blk/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:10:36 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=1236 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Brassica nigra • Common Name(s): Black Mustard • Nickname: Mustard Packs (Blk) • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard) • Duration: Annual • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human Hazards: See Miscellaneous &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/brassica-nigra-black-mustard-mustard-packs-blk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/brassica-nigra-black-mustard-mustard-packs-blk/">Brassica nigra | Black Mustard | Mustard Packs (Blk)</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/gdnfNj65BKg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/brassica-nigra-black-mustard-mustard-packs-blk/feed/ 0 0:01:15 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: A high school senior jock with a 4x4, monster pickup truck (the senior and monster truck tires represent taller or bigger; the 4 represents petals [the tires], the "x" represents the shape petals are in, the other 4 represents the "taller or bigger" stamen). He lays out some mustard packs (your first clue, while in the field, are yellow flowers in packs [clusters]) on the street. When a couple of freshman geeks (a brother and sister) walk by he drives over the packets to squirt the two (the word "freshman" represents shorter or smaller; there are two [brother and sister] short stamen and 4 tall [6 total]). They run upstairs (seedpods ascend the stem in a spiral staircase format) to the roof-deck where their father is sun tanning (again, referring to the yellow flowers at top of stems/stairs) and tells him what happened. The father runs downstairs and puts a leash on his blood hound dog in the back yard . They track down the senior jock by the strong mustard scent emanating from the street (reminds you that the leaves emit a mustard order when crushed) by the 4x4 truck tires. The father demands that the senior jock pay to have the clothes dry cleaned. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/brassica-nigra-black-mustard-mustard-packs-blk/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/1236/0/Brassica-juncea-Mustard-Packs-Part.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/4JmzUUGr_tE/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/brassica-juncea-brown-mustard-mustard-packs-brn/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:06:44 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=1143 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Brassica juncea • Common Name(s): Brown Mustard, Mustard Greens, Leaf Mustard • Nickname: Mustard Packs (Brn) • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard) • Duration: Annual, Perennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/brassica-juncea-brown-mustard-mustard-packs-brn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/brassica-juncea-brown-mustard-mustard-packs-brn/">Brassica juncea | Brown Mustard | Mustard Packs (Brn)</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/4JmzUUGr_tE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/brassica-juncea-brown-mustard-mustard-packs-brn/feed/ 0 0:01:15 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: A high school senior jock with a 4x4, monster pickup truck (the senior and monster truck tires represent taller or bigger; the 4 represents pedals [the tires], the "x" represents the shape pedals are in, the other 4 represents the "taller or bigger" stamen). He lays out some mustard packs (your first clue, while in the field, are yellow flowers in packs [clusters]) on the street. When a couple of freshman geeks (a brother and sister) walk by he drives over the packets to squirt the two (the word "freshman" represents shorter or smaller; there are two [brother and sister] short stamen and 4 tall [6 total]). They run upstairs (seedpods ascend the stem in a spiral staircase format) to the roof-deck where their father is sun tanning (again, referring to the yellow flowers at top of stems/stairs) and tells him what happened. The father runs downstairs and puts a leash on his blood hound dog in the back yard . They track down the senior jock by the strong mustard scent emanating from the street (reminds you that the leaves emit a mustard order when crushed) by the 4x4 truck tires. The father demands that the senior jock pay to have the clothes dry cleaned. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/brassica-juncea-brown-mustard-mustard-packs-brn/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/1143/0/Brassica-juncea-Mustard-Packs-Part.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/rqlz52xAkNA/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/arctium-minus-lesser-burdock-elephant/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:31:43 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=902 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Arctium minus • Common Name(s): Lesser Burdock, Burweed, Common Burdock, Button-Bur, Wild Rhubarb • Nickname: Elephants • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Asteraceae • Duration: Biennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/arctium-minus-lesser-burdock-elephant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/arctium-minus-lesser-burdock-elephant/">Arctium minus | Lesser Burdock | Elephants</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/rqlz52xAkNA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/arctium-minus-lesser-burdock-elephant/feed/ 0 0:15:27 For elephant photos watch the slideshow for this plant at SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse.com A mnemonic or memory technique to help you remember all of the distinguishing characteristics of of this pant by just imagining a mamma and baby elephant. If you spot an elephant's tail or it's ear, while in the field, it might be the Elephants plant. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/02/arctium-minus-lesser-burdock-elephant/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/902/0/Arctium-minus-Lesser-Burdock-Ele.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/trdTc2lGPx8/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-retroflexus-redroot-pigweed-male-finger/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:08:45 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=850 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Amaranthus retroflexus • Common Name(s): Redroot Pigweed, Common Amaranth, Green Amaranth • Nickname: Male Finger • Native: L48 • Group:  Dicot • Family: Amaranthaceae • Duration: Annual • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human Hazards: &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-retroflexus-redroot-pigweed-male-finger/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-retroflexus-redroot-pigweed-male-finger/">Amaranthus retroflexus | Redroot Pigweed | Male Finger</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/trdTc2lGPx8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-retroflexus-redroot-pigweed-male-finger/feed/ 0 0:14:24 For hand and spine photos watch video for this plant at SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse.com Just 1 mnemonic for identifying over 60 species of amaranth. None are poisonous, all are edible and are used the same medicinally. For hand and spine photos watch video for this plant at SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse.com survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-retroflexus-redroot-pigweed-male-finger/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/850/0/Amaranthus-reflexus-Male-Finger-Pa.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/rngaCRgWWIg/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-hybridus-slim-amaranth-female-finger/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:45:01 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=661 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Amaranthus hybridus • Common Name(s): Slim amaranth, Smooth pigweed, Wild cabbage • Nickname: Female Finger • Native: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Amaranthaceae • Duration: Annual • Growth Habitat: Forb/Herb • Known Human Hazards: &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-hybridus-slim-amaranth-female-finger/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-hybridus-slim-amaranth-female-finger/">Amaranthus hybridus | Slim Amaranth | Female Finger</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/rngaCRgWWIg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-hybridus-slim-amaranth-female-finger/feed/ 0 0:13:40 For hand and spine photos watch video for this plant at SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse.com Just 1 mnemonic for identifying over 60 species of amaranth. None are poisonous, all are edible and are used the same medicinally. For hand and spine photos watch video for this plant at SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse.com survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-hybridus-slim-amaranth-female-finger/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/661/0/04.-Female-Finger-Mnemoninc.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/oJA8aCeKVIo/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-blitoides-mat-amaranth-doormat/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:20:29 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=498 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Amaranthus blitoides • Common Name(s): Matweed, Mat amaranth, Creeping or Prostrate pigweed • Nickname: Doormat • Introduced: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Amaranthaceae • Duration: Annual • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human Hazards: &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-blitoides-mat-amaranth-doormat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-blitoides-mat-amaranth-doormat/">Amaranthus blitoides | Mat Amaranth | Doormat</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/oJA8aCeKVIo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-blitoides-mat-amaranth-doormat/feed/ 0 0:02:39 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: A man (you or yours) nervously walking towards a door, for the first date, holding a large bouquet of rose flowers (edible, they're light green to reddish green) with both hands. Before ringing the doorbell he politely wipes his feet on a leafy doormat (his clean shoes leave parallel marks which represent the lateral white veins on the leaves). He is so nervous that when he takes one of his hands off of the bouquet, to ring the doorbell, he drops the flowers onto the leafy doormat (flowers develop [were dropped] from where the leaf [doormat] meet the...) and all of the rose petals fall off (this plant has 4 to 5 light green to reddish green sepals but no pedals). When he bends down to pickup the flowers he sees that the hem (to remind you of "stem" which is edible) of his pants are too short so he rips the stitching to let the hem out (...flowers develop [were dropped] from where the leaf [doormat] meet the stem [hem]). While unfolding the cuff, flakes from his "heavy starch" pants falls from the hem (the "stem" is covered with a greyish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating that is easily rubbed off ) crease onto the leafy doormat. At that time a large spider (this plant grows in a circular form from a central spot so it looks like a spider web) appears from within the leafy doormat. It takes 1 of the starch flakes and disappears back into the leafy doormat. After loosing sight of the spider he noticed the shape of the doormat's leaves. The shape of the leaves reminded him of what he had planned for their date, so he picked 2 leaves to show to his date to see if she could guess what was lined up for that evening. After picking the leaves he picked up the flowers and rang the door bell. When she answered the door and saw the 2 leaves she guesses correctly. The plan was to have cheap soup (leaves can be spoon shaped) for dinner and a cheap rowboat (leaves can be ore shaped [more broad near the top not the bottom]) ride for entertainment. She loved him anyway and knew that both, the soup and the rowboat ride would be romantic; because of the silver lining she saw in the leaves (distinctive light colored edges). As she stepped out of the door she reached into her purse, pulled out a handful of seeds (edible) and sprinkled the leafy doormat with them. She smiled and said, "more will grow". survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2012/01/amaranthus-blitoides-mat-amaranth-doormat/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/498/0/03.-Doormat-Mnemonic.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/SylTlDDlp5E/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/achillea-millefolium-2/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:18:44 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=386 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Achillea millefolium • Common Name(s): Common Yarrow, Milfoil, Soldier&#8217;s Woundwort, Little Feather • Nickname: Arrow • Introduced: Naturalized (L48) • Group: Dicot • Family: Asteraceae • Duration: Perennial • Growth Habitat: Forb/herb • Known Human &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/achillea-millefolium-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/achillea-millefolium-2/">Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow | Arrow</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/SylTlDDlp5E" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/achillea-millefolium-2/feed/ 0 0:14:01 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: You spot a huge bird (represents the little feathers/leaves) perched on top (young, succulent leaves near top of stem are best) of the Little Feather (Yarrow nickname for it's leaves appearance) plant and it's eating the flowers (edible, sparingly, eat like a bird). Your arrow (read third and fourth bullet points under the Miscellaneous section) is used to shoot the huge bird for survival food (feather-like leaves are edible). survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/achillea-millefolium-2/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/386/0/02.-Arrow-Mnemonic.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/76tiJhaoPEU/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/acer-negundo-boxelder-key-tree-2/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:04:21 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=298 <p>FACT SHEET • Scientific Name: Acer negundo • Common Name(s): Boxelder, Boxelder Maple, Ash Maple • Nickname: Key Tree • Native: L48 • Group: Dicot • Family: Aceraceae • Duration: Perennial • Growth Habitat: Tree • Known Human Hazards: None &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/acer-negundo-boxelder-key-tree-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/acer-negundo-boxelder-key-tree-2/">Acer negundo | Boxelder | Key Tree</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/76tiJhaoPEU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/acer-negundo-boxelder-key-tree-2/feed/ 0 0:02:05 Identity mnemonic explained in show description. Right click here from iTunes. MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: News helicopters (v-shaped fruit) are on the lookout for the key tree (clusters of v-shaped fruit). Hikers have reported seeing a tree of many keys which are held by a large green octopus (opposite leaf and branch structure) sitting in the branches of the tree. The green octopus is also reported to have a very large green afro haircut (dense crown, arising from the ground up) that’s kept moist and conditioned with the tree’s sap (consumable). The green octopus, being an aquatic animal, keeps itself moist with the tree’s sap too. So that’s how the green octopus spends all of its time. Keeping all of itself moist and conditioned with tree sap. The green octopus gets annoyed by flocks of birds always trying to nest in its big green afro; so it uses the keys to release one dog from each of the tree’s multiple trunks (can appear with multiple trunks) to scare the birds away. Hikers say that if you listen closely you can hear the dogs barking from inside the tree (inner bark is edible). The birds, upon seeing angry dogs released from within the tree, get so afraid that they poop and fly away so fast they leave a trail of feathers (feather-like leaves) behind. They leave something else behind too. Their poop, that falls on the ground, fertilizes the seeds (edible) that are inside of it. As the seeds grow, if not for the baby green octopi sitting on the stems (represent the opposite leaf structure and green stem that the 3 part leaf is attached to since the young saplings and leaves lack the dense crown that the large green octopus represent), the young leaves (edible) look like Poison Ivy. survival, skills, wild, edibles, medicinal, plants, carrnell, dixon, survival, memory, course, wild Carrnell Dixon no no http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/acer-negundo-boxelder-key-tree-2/http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/podpress_trac/feed/298/0/01.-Key-Tree-Mnemonic.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~3/sXZjJyK9n0Y/ http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/index-of-plants/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:47:30 +0000 Carrnell Dixon http://survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/?p=1 <p>A new plant will be added to the &#8220;Index of Plants&#8221; page each week for 52 weeks; then repeat for the newest readers and as a refresher course for others. Survival Plants Memory Course is much more affective with &#8220;time &#8230; <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/index-of-plants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/index-of-plants/">Index of Plants</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com">Survival Plants Memory Course</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivalPlantsMemoryCourse/~4/sXZjJyK9n0Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/index-of-plants/feed/ 0 http://www.survivalplantsmemorycourse.com/2011/12/index-of-plants/ Carrnell Dixonnonadult52 Plants In 52 Weeks.