tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459081303994947139.post120666245103957048..comments2023-03-13T14:27:43.334-07:00Comments on Forks in Our Road: Gerhard Shelter Loop, Wardensville WVChef Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05093314323621833245noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459081303994947139.post-69019798267976821652021-01-09T10:27:42.578-08:002021-01-09T10:27:42.578-08:00It's funny how life works sometimes. I was nev...It's funny how life works sometimes. I was never certain of the identification of the "greenbrier" above. Today, Ann and I were working an old Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle which had the clue "Devils-bones," a term that neither of us had ever heard. It ended up containing one of the four letters in the entire puzzle that we could not puzzle out without help. We had __ A M and the answer proved to be Y A M.<br /><br />On googling for an explanation, the search engine returned pictures very similar to the one that I took above, of a plant called <i>Diascorea villosa</i>, with common names wild yam, colic root, rheumatism root, devil's bones, and fourleaf yam.<br /><br />I stand corrected.Chef Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093314323621833245noreply@blogger.com