State foraging calendar

Maine Foraging Calendar

Maine's vast forested interior and nearly three thousand miles of rocky coastline make it one of the most distinctive foraging states in the Northeast, combining boreal forest wild foods with a productive Atlantic seashore foraging tradition found nowhere else in the lower 48. Wild blueberries are Maine's iconic crop, with the Downeast barrens producing a commercial wild harvest that represents a genuine continuation of traditional land use. Fiddlehead ferns emerge along every river in May and are harvested so regularly that they constitute a seasonal cultural event across the state. The coast adds rockweed, dulse, and other edible seaweeds to a foraging profile that extends well beyond the region's land-based species. Note that ramp harvest is regulated in Maine as the plant is considered a species of special concern.

2 bioregions across Maine