Pictures from the Økern walk-

clovers, little nitrogen in the ground, field next to BYLAB
Rowan berries!
field next to BYLAB
field next to BYLAB has tons of reinfann!
near the new Refstad skole, mini-forest path
super majestic trees!
little sti going through the field, shortcut made from people walking through the grass over time ?
Reinfann near new Refstad skole site
Treestump seat
Reinfann field near new Refstad skole site
Chosen site for artwork, owned by Statens vegvesen + Bymiljøetaten
The chosen site is full of reinfann, some clovers and the soil is sandy in some areas.

-Reinfann (Tanacetum Vulgare) can be used for making yellow (just the flowers) or yellow/green (flowers and stems).

-Rogntre (Sorbus aucuparia), gives white flowers that look like hylleblomst (to me) the berries are eaten by birds, beetles, insects. the tree was sometimes seen as a sacred tree, touch of witchcraft. a tree full of berries signified a cold winter and a lot of snow. was used as winter food for the farm animals and also added to flatbread as emergency nutrition. ADD INFO FROM ROLV.NO

- Rødklover,  (Trifolium Pratens) nutrition for farm animals. gives a protein and mineralrich fôr, binds nitrogen from atmosphere and traps it in the soil (therefore good indicator of nitrogen in soil). deep root systems avoids erosion (was produced for fôrindustry before pesticides). only bumblebees and some butterflies can pollinate it (and therefore spread it), the pollen is too ‘deep’ into the flower for other insects. ADD FROM ROLV.NO

-  Fuglevikke(Viccia Cracca), wild herb but likes similar conditions to dyrket planter so it tends to follow humans around. grows in calcium-rich soils.

- Hagelupin (Lupinus polyphyllus),  no species is originally wild, it has been cultivated. mostly as sand and grus binders-to avoid  sand drift and erosion near jerbane and veiskråninger.  ADD FROM ROLV.NO

- Villapal/Crab-apple (Malus syvestris)?, mainly used for apple cider and gele,  

- Hagtorn (Cratægus monogyna)

- Aronia berries