State foraging calendar

Mississippi Foraging Calendar

Mississippi's foraging is shaped by the Mississippi Delta in the west, one of the richest bottomland hardwood ecosystems in North America before agricultural conversion, and the longleaf pine flatwoods of the central and coastal regions. Mayhaw berries, muscadine grapes, and pawpaws are embedded in Mississippi's rural food culture, and the bottomland forests that survive along the Yazoo and Sunflower rivers retain productive foraging habitat. The Gulf Coast counties and barrier islands at the state's southern edge have subtropical foraging with sea purslane, glasswort, and saw palmetto berries available through the mild winters. Chanterelles flush reliably in Mississippi's pine-hardwood forests from early summer through September.

4 bioregions across Mississippi