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Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands Foraging Calendar Upstate New York's Allegheny Plateau, the Erie Plain, and the Hudson Valley. Morels in bottomland hardwoods, ramps in cool ravines, butternuts and black walnuts, and rich autumn mushrooms in maple-beech forest.
142 edible species recorded here
Peak and shoulder ratings are rough guidance, not a schedule. Microclimate, elevation, and the year's weather can shift any species by weeks.
These pages are educational reference only. Never use them as your sole basis for deciding whether something is safe to eat. Always cross-reference a field guide, take a class, or go out with an experienced forager before harvesting anything.
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All Categories Mushrooms Wild Greens Berries Fruits Nuts Invasives
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
83 species at peak or shoulder in June
peak Wild Greens American Brooklime Veronica americana easy ▼
peak Nuts Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta easy ▼
peak Berries Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Broadleaf Plantain Plantago major easy ▼
peak Mushrooms Chicken of the Woods (root-growing) Laetiporus cincinnatus easy ⚠ process ▼
peak Wild Greens Cinnamon Fern Fiddlehead Osmundastrum cinnamomeum moderate ⚠ process ▼
peak Wild Greens Clover Trifolium spp. easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Common Mallow Malva neglecta easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Common Sow Thistle Sonchus oleraceus easy invasive ▼
peak Wild Greens Cow Parsnip Heracleum maximum expert ⚠ process ▼
peak Wild Greens Curly Dock Rumex crispus easy invasive ▼
peak Wild Greens Day Lily Hemerocallis fulva moderate ⚠ process ▼
peak Berries Dewberry Rubus flagellaris easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Greenbrier Smilax spp. easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Ground Elder Aegopodium podagraria expert invasive ▼
peak Berries Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum expert ▼
peak Wild Greens Lamb's Quarters Chenopodium album easy ▼
peak Berries Lowbush Blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium expert ▼
peak Wild Greens Marsh Yellow Cress Rorippa palustris easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Narrowleaf Plantain Plantago lanceolata easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Peppergrass Lepidium virginicum easy ▼
peak Berries Pin Cherry Prunus pensylvanica moderate ⚠ process ▼
peak Wild Greens Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Prickly Pear Opuntia spp. easy ⚠ process ▼
peak Wild Greens Sheep Sorrel Rumex acetosella easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica easy ⚠ process ▼
peak Mushrooms Summer Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius expert ▼
peak Wild Greens Thistle Cirsium spp. easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Virginia Waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum easy ▼
peak Berries White Mulberry Morus alba easy invasive ▼
peak Wild Greens Wild Chives Allium schoenoprasum expert ▼
peak Wild Greens Wild Garlic Allium canadense expert ▼
peak Wild Greens Wild Rose Rosa spp. easy ▼
peak Berries Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana easy ▼
peak Mushrooms Wood Ear Auricularia americana easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Wood Nettle Laportea canadensis easy ⚠ process ▼
peak Wild Greens Wood Sorrel Oxalis spp. easy ▼
peak Berries Wood Strawberry Fragaria vesca easy ▼
shoulder Nuts American Beech Fagus grandifolia easy ▼
shoulder Berries American Black Currant Ribes americanum easy ▼
shoulder Nuts American Chestnut Castanea dentata moderate ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Aspen Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus populinus expert ▼
shoulder Berries Beach Plum Prunus maritima moderate ⚠ process ▼
shoulder Nuts Black Walnut Juglans nigra easy ⚠ process ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Broadleaf Dock Rumex obtusifolius easy ▼
shoulder Nuts Butternut / White Walnut Juglans cinerea easy ⚠ process protected ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Cattail Typha latifolia moderate ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Chicken of the Woods Laetiporus sulphureus easy ⚠ process ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Chicory Cichorium intybus easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Cleavers Galium aparine easy ▼
shoulder Berries Common Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Common Burdock Arctium minus easy ▼
shoulder Berries Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea moderate ▼
shoulder Berries Cutleaf Blackberry Rubus laciniatus easy invasive ▼
shoulder Wild Greens False Solomon's Seal Maianthemum racemosum expert ▼
shoulder Fruits Feral Pear Pyrus communis easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Field Garlic Allium vineale expert invasive ▼
shoulder Berries Fox Grape Vitis labrusca expert ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata easy invasive ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Giant Polypore Meripilus sumstinei easy ▼
shoulder Berries Hawthorn Crataegus spp. easy ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Horn of Plenty Craterellus fallax easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica easy ⚠ process invasive ▼
shoulder Mushrooms King Bolete Boletus edulis moderate ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Kudzu Pueraria montana easy invasive ▼
shoulder Berries Nannyberry Viburnum lentago moderate ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Ostrich Fern Fiddlehead Matteuccia struthiopteris moderate ⚠ process protected ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus expert ▼
shoulder Fruits Pawpaw Asimina triloba easy ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Pheasant Back Cerioporus squamosus easy ▼
shoulder Nuts Pine Seeds Pinus spp. easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Prostrate Knotweed Polygonum aviculare easy ▼
shoulder Berries Red Mulberry Morus rubra easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Redroot Amaranth Amaranthus retroflexus easy ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Russula Russula spp. moderate ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Sea Rocket Cakile edentula easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Spicebush Lindera benzoin easy ▼
shoulder Fruits Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Watercress Nasturtium officinale expert ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Wild Asparagus Asparagus officinalis easy invasive ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Wild Onion Allium spp. expert ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Yucca Yucca spp. easy ▼
Monthly alerts
Get a heads-up for Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands On the first of each month we will email you what is coming into season in this ecoregion, plus what is about to go out of season. Optionally add species to a watch list and we will highlight them at the top of every email.
