Act-knowledment
On Thanksgiving Day my husband and I made a point to spend some time picking up trash. I focused on this median strip in a parking lot near the motel where we stayed. My husband did a close by area nearby. (Map below) Those white dabs are plastic bags and film. There was much more I pulled out of there that is not visible in this photo. Do you see the tree all the way to the right in the photo? See the vines? Much to my surprise, it is a Riverbank Grape. Riverbank Grape or Vitis riparia is a native vine to the eastern and central US. It's all over the wooded areas in Pierre so I was able to ID it quickly. I was not aware it was so common in upstate New York where I grew up. I of course added it to iNaturalist.org I've never eaten Riverbank Grape even though the literature says it is edible for humans although not particularly tasty. Riverbank grape is a food, however, for small birds and mammals which in turn are food for larger birds and mammals. And, indeed, I saw