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Hawkdancer:
I think Mullen is also called "skunk cabbage" in the young stage.  We cut a heck of a lot of it out our landowners pasture where our range was located!
Hawkdancer

Outbackbob48:
M2A, Mullein, lambs ear and skunk cabbage are three separate plants, Bob

Hawkdancer:
Must be time to re-read the survival manual and the plant id book!  If I remember correctly, pawpaw grows wild down in Missouri, but it has been close to 60 years since I roamed the woods down there!
There is wild yucca around here in western Nebraska, so I will give it a try.
Hawkdancer

Donald Lewis:
Looks like you got a very nice ember. Good job!

M2A:
Thanks Outback, never heard of that Mullein plant before but did a bit of reading since then. Still cant say I would know it to see it but may have some growing near a fence row thats out of the way a bit, but just guessing from memory. I'll check it out when things slow down. I did grab, over the last month or so, a few very large stalks from some iron weed but the pith maybe too large and brittle to be of any use  and a couple cattail stalks. Also spent a litlle time up north turkey hunting and came back with a few pieces of shelf fungi that I have drying near the wood stove for later trails. Just having fun...Hope to get back to this in the winter.

Thanks Donald, yeah in hind sight I could have stopped sooner but after many failed tries with other materials didnt want to stop too soon.
Mike     

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