the pink shrub is a shrub of trumpet flowers!! credits to @rassy for taking such a wonderful picture!!!!!! i am so glad to have finally found the original owner.
Peruvian apple cactus (late spring-late summer found near hedges)
Prickly Pear Cactus (late summer-early winter found in higher elevated deserts with dry soil)
Olives (early fall-late fall Found in semi shaded areas in valleys )
Utah
Golden currant (late summer found in road side ditches WARNING DO NOT EAT THESE ONES EAT THE ONES FOUND IN THICKETS OR MEADOWS CAR EMISSIONS CAN AFFECT THE PLANT)
Dwarf smooth sumac (Late summer WARNING DO NOT EAT THE LEAVES THEY ARE HARMFUL AND TOXIC found in woodlands or fields)
Nanking Cherry (early summer in colder zones throughout Utah spread via birds)
Continuing my foraging log I will talk about Idaho and Montana
Idaho
Wild Ginger (spring found in cool and moist areas )
Wild Strawberry( Late spring- Early summer found in meadows and on the side of streams)
Saskatoon berry (season is July only a month found in timberline areas)
Thimbleberry (I live coast side so I have never seen these in person but the photos online look adorable they are found in wooded and wet areas they are best foraged for in early-Mid summer)
Chokecherry (Early-Late summer found where there is sunlight)
Elderberry( Late summer found in moist areas)
Montana
Bearberry (Early spring found in foothills)
Wild Bergamot ( Early-Late summer found in prairies )
Wild Licorice (Early-Mid summer found in low ground nearby streams)
Cow-Parsnip (Mid-Late spring found near streams WARNING BE CAREFUL WHEN PICKING AN PREPARING THESE CAN AND WILL LEAVE NASTY BURNS WITHOUT PROPER PREPARATION)
White Bog Orchid (Mid-Late summer found in wet bog areas WARNING DO NOT EAT THE LEAVES THEY ARE POISONOUS )
Spring/summer is right around the corner so I am going to make a list of edible plants you can forage for in the Pacific Northwest and make seperate posts for different Parts of the country as well and a few countries outside of mine
Oregon:
Hawthorn berries (side effects are the seeds do not eat)
Blackberries (late spring-early fall)
Fairy Bell Berries(Summer berry plant found in wet forest)
Juneberry (June-July found in foothills and lowland do not eat raw the pits are dangerous raw as they contain CYANIDE)
False strawberry (late spring-early fall open woods and edges of forest)
Oregon Grape ( Summer DO NOT EAT IN LARGE AMOUNTS THEY ARE DANGEROUS THEY CAN ALSO DESTROY GOOD BACTERIA WHEN EATEN BE CAREFUL)
Jerusalem Artichoke (March)
Siberian Miner’s Lettuce (Late winter-early spring found in wetlands)
Sea Asparagus ( Early spring - Early fall found in Marshes near ocean)
Brookelime (Spring-Fall do not eat near polluted water)
Washington
Blue Elderberry(Late Spring-Early summer found in damp places)
Serviceberry (Late spring-Summer found in hills and rocky areas)
Bullwhip kelp (Early Summer-Late summer ocean)
Onion Grass (All year in meadows and grassland WARNING THEY HAVE A TWIN CALLED STAR OF BETHLEHEM TO CHECK IF IT'S NOT THAT CRUSH IT ON A ROCK YOU WILL KNOW IF IT’S NOT THE TWIN IF THEY LEAVE A STRONG SCENT THE TWIN IS POISONOUS)
Chickweed (Early spring found in damp soils underneath treelines)
