State foraging calendar
Georgia Foraging Calendar
Georgia's foraging ranges from Blue Ridge Appalachian mountain terrain in the north, with ramps, morels, and a rich mushroom season, to subtropical coastal plain habitat in the south with sea vegetables, gallberry, and a year-round foraging window. The Piedmont that covers much of the central state is prime muscadine grape and persimmon territory, with pawpaws in the river bottoms and chicken of the woods in the mature hardwood stands. Chanterelles have an unusually long season in Georgia, flushing from June through September in the Piedmont hardwoods, making the state one of the best in the Southeast for golden chanterelle production. The Okefenokee region and coastal marshes offer foraging opportunities specific to Georgia's subtropical south.
6 bioregions across Georgia
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Bioregions of Georgia
Foraging seasons shift sharply between Georgia's ecoregions. Pick the one nearest you for a 12-month calendar of what is in season.
Piedmont
180 speciesGeorgia's rolling Piedmont with prolific golden chanterelles from June through September, muscadine grapes and maypops along forest edges in summer, persimmons in fall, and pawpaws in bottomland floodplains.
View calendar →Central Appalachians
179 speciesNorthwest Georgia's Ridge and Valley country, with ramps, morels, hen of the woods, black walnuts, and pawpaws in the mixed hardwood forest.
View calendar →Southeastern Plains
175 speciesGeorgia's longleaf pine flatwoods and wiregrass country with huckleberries, blueberries, gallberry, and muscadine grapes in forest edges, plus gopher apple in the dry sandy uplands.
View calendar →Blue Ridge Mountains
170 speciesNorth Georgia's southern Appalachian high country with ramp hollows in the Chattahoochee National Forest, spring morels, and a rich fall mushroom season in the diverse cove hardwood forests.
View calendar →Southern Appalachians
138 speciesThe Ridge and Valley country and Cumberland Plateau foothills of northwest Georgia with pawpaws, persimmons, and a long warm-season chanterelle and chicken of the woods season in the mixed hardwood forest.
View calendar →Southern Coastal Plain
125 speciesCoastal Georgia's subtropical lowlands and barrier islands with sea purslane, glasswort, saw palmetto berries, and year-round foraging in the maritime forest and salt marsh fringe.
View calendar →Always confirm any wild edible with multiple sources and an experienced local guide before eating it. Many edible species have toxic look-alikes.