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Pacific Northwest Coast Foraging Calendar Temperate rainforest coastline from the Oregon Coast Range through the Puget Sound lowlands. Exceptional chanterelle, hedgehog mushroom, and matsutake habitat; spring brings nettles, miner's lettuce, and wood sorrel.
119 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
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80 species at peak or shoulder in August
peak Wild Greens Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia moderate ▼
peak Wild Greens Beach Greens Honckenya peploides easy ▼
peak Nuts Black Walnut Juglans nigra easy ⚠ process ▼
peak Berries Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra expert ⚠ process ▼
peak Berries Bog Bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum expert ▼
peak Wild Greens Broadleaf Dock Rumex obtusifolius easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Broadleaf Plantain Plantago major easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Cattail Typha latifolia moderate ▼
peak Mushrooms Chicken of the Woods (western conifer) Laetiporus conifericola easy ⚠ process ▼
peak Wild Greens Chicory Cichorium intybus easy ▼
peak Berries Chokecherry Prunus virginiana moderate ⚠ process ▼
peak Wild Greens Common Burdock Arctium minus easy ▼
peak Fruits Common Fig Ficus carica easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Common Mallow Malva neglecta easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea moderate ▼
peak Berries Crowberry Empetrum nigrum expert ▼
peak Wild Greens Curly Dock Rumex crispus easy invasive ▼
peak Berries Cutleaf Blackberry Rubus laciniatus easy invasive ▼
peak Wild Greens European Sea Rocket Cakile maritima easy invasive ▼
peak Berries Evergreen Huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum expert ▼
peak Fruits Feral Apple Malus domestica easy ▼
peak Fruits Feral Pear Pyrus communis easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Glasswort Salicornia spp. easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Goose Tongue Plantago maritima easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Greenbrier Smilax spp. easy ▼
peak Berries Hawthorn Crataegus spp. easy ▼
peak Berries Himalayan Blackberry Rubus armeniacus easy invasive ▼
peak Wild Greens Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica easy ⚠ process invasive ▼
peak Wild Greens Lamb's Quarters Chenopodium album easy ▼
peak Berries Mountain Huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum expert ▼
peak Fruits Oregon Crab Apple Malus fusca easy ▼
peak Berries Oregon Grape Berberis aquifolium easy ⚠ process ▼
peak Wild Greens Peppergrass Lepidium virginicum easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Perennial Peppergrass Lepidium latifolium easy invasive ▼
peak Nuts Pine Seeds Pinus spp. easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Prickly Pear Opuntia spp. easy ⚠ process ▼
peak Wild Greens Prostrate Knotweed Polygonum aviculare easy ▼
peak Berries Red Huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium expert ▼
peak Wild Greens Redroot Amaranth Amaranthus retroflexus easy ▼
peak Berries Salal Gaultheria shallon easy ▼
peak Berries Saskatoon / Western Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia moderate ▼
peak Wild Greens Sea Rocket Cakile edentula easy ▼
peak Berries Small Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos expert ▼
peak Berries Squashberry / Mooseberry Viburnum edule easy ▼
peak Mushrooms The Prince Agaricus augustus expert ▼
peak Wild Greens Thistle Cirsium spp. easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Watercress Nasturtium officinale expert ▼
peak Wild Greens Western Pickleweed Salicornia pacifica easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Wild Asparagus Asparagus officinalis easy invasive ▼
peak Fruits Wild Crab Apple Malus spp. easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Wild Mint Mentha spp. easy ▼
peak Wild Greens Wild Rose Rosa spp. easy ▼
peak Berries Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana easy ▼
peak Nuts Wild Sunflower Helianthus annuus easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens American Brooklime Veronica americana easy ▼
shoulder Nuts Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Clover Trifolium spp. easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Common Sow Thistle Sonchus oleraceus easy invasive ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Cow Parsnip Heracleum maximum expert ⚠ process ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Dandelion Taraxacum officinale easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens False Solomon's Seal Maianthemum racemosum expert ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Field Garlic Allium vineale expert invasive ▼
shoulder Berries Golden Currant Ribes aureum easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Ground Elder Aegopodium podagraria expert invasive ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Lobster Mushroom Hypomyces lactifluorum moderate ▼
shoulder Fruits Loquat Eriobotrya japonica easy ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Meadow Mushroom Agaricus campestris expert ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Narrowleaf Plantain Plantago lanceolata easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Nodding Onion Allium cernuum expert ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Pacific Golden Chanterelle Cantharellus formosus easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Sheep Sorrel Rumex acetosella easy ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Siberian Miner's Lettuce Claytonia sibirica easy invasive ▼
shoulder Fruits Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina easy ▼
shoulder Mushrooms Summer Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius expert ▼
shoulder Berries Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus easy ▼
shoulder Mushrooms White Chanterelle Cantharellus subalbidus easy ▼
shoulder Mushrooms White King Bolete Boletus barrowsii moderate ▼
shoulder Wild Greens Wood Sorrel Oxalis spp. easy ▼
Monthly alerts
Get a heads-up for Pacific Northwest Coast 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.