State foraging calendar
Oregon Foraging Calendar
Oregon offers some of the most diverse foraging terrain in the lower 48, from the fog-belt coast to the high desert interior of the Great Basin. The Willamette Valley's mild winters make it a near-year-round foraging destination, with chanterelles fruiting into February in the Coast Range foothills while spring greens emerge on the valley floor. The Klamath Mountains in the southwest are among the most botanically rich landscapes in North America by any measure, yielding an exceptional variety of edible species for their geographic size. Eastern Oregon's ponderosa forests produce spectacular morel flushes after the wildfires that have become increasingly frequent across the region.
8 bioregions across Oregon
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Bioregions of Oregon
Foraging seasons shift sharply between Oregon's ecoregions. Pick the one nearest you for a 12-month calendar of what is in season.
Pacific Northwest Coast
169 speciesOregon's temperate rainforest coast with gold and white chanterelles peaking from October through January, winter greens along coastal bluffs, and edible seaweeds accessible at low tides.
View calendar →Cascades
164 speciesOregon's Cascade Range with huckleberry meadows in the high country, late-season boletes in mature conifer stands, and exceptional post-fire morel habitat in the growing patchwork of recent burns.
View calendar →Eastern Cascades and Blue Mountains
155 speciesOregon's Blue Mountains with excellent post-fire morel habitat, huckleberry meadows above 5,000 feet, and lobster mushrooms in old-growth spruce and fir pockets.
View calendar →Great Basin
141 speciesSoutheastern Oregon's high desert, with sagebrush steppe and riparian corridors carrying serviceberries, chokecherries, and rose hips along the canyon rims and water sources.
View calendar →Columbia Plateau
138 speciesEastern Oregon's rolling sagebrush and canyon landscape with bitterroot, camas, and serviceberries concentrated along river corridors and in canyon-bottom riparian zones.
View calendar →Klamath Mountains
136 speciesOne of the most botanically complex regions in North America with an extraordinary year-round mix of edible mushrooms, berries, and wild greens across its ancient and botanically diverse forest habitats.
View calendar →Willamette Valley
114 speciesOregon's agricultural heartland with chanterelles and hedgehog mushrooms in the surrounding Coast Range foothills, spring greens emerging from February, and remnant camas prairies near wetland areas.
View calendar →Snake River Plain
93 speciesOregon's remote Owyhee corner sharing the Snake River Plain's spring chokecherries and elderberries in cottonwood riparian corridors and canyon-bottom creek drainages.
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.
