Wild herbs, forest fruits and plants
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Wild herbs for the spring, poisonous look-alikes and plants that hint at where mushrooms grow. Never eat anything you cannot identify with certainty.
In season now (Oct)
Edible wild herbs
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Ramsons (wild garlic)
Allium ursinum
Mar · Apr · May
Look-alike: Lily of the valley Autumn crocus Lords-and-ladies (cuckoo pint)
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Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
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Stinging nettle
Urtica dioica
Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep
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Ground elder
Aegopodium podagraria
Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep
Look-alike: Poison hemlock Cowbane Fool's parsley
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Common sorrel
Rumex acetosa
Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug
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Common daisy
Bellis perennis
Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
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Common chickweed
Stellaria media
Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov
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Ribwort plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
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Cow parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris
Apr · May · Jun · Jul
Look-alike: Poison hemlock Rough chervil
Wild fruit and nuts
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Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep
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Hazel
Corylus avellana
Aug · Sep · Oct
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Rose hip (dog rose)
Rosa canina
Sep · Oct · Nov
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Blackthorn (sloe)
Prunus spinosa
Sep · Oct · Nov
Indicator plants for mushroom hunting
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Bilberry
Vaccinium myrtillus
Jun · Jul · Aug
Hints at: Bay Bolete Chanterelle
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Cowslip
Primula veris
Mar · Apr · May
Hints at: Common Morel
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Stag's-horn clubmoss
Lycopodium clavatum
Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep
Hints at: Bay Bolete Chanterelle
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Lingonberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Jul · Aug · Sep
Hints at: Bay Bolete
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Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus
Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
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Common heather
Calluna vulgaris
Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
Hints at: Bay Bolete Chanterelle Orange Birch Bolete
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Tormentil
Potentilla erecta
Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
Hints at: Bay Bolete Chanterelle
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Wavy hair-grass
Deschampsia flexuosa
Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
Hints at: Bay Bolete
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Sweet woodruff
Galium odoratum
Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
Hints at: Porcini Mushroom
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Columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris
Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
Hints at: Common Morel St. George's Mushroom
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Asarabacca
Asarum europaeum
Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
Hints at: St. George's Mushroom
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Liverleaf
Hepatica nobilis
Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct
Hints at: St. George's Mushroom
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Bracken fern
Pteridium aquilinum
Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct