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Spring/summer is right around the corner so I am going to make a list of edible plants you can forage for in the Pacific Northwest and make seperate posts for different Parts of the country as well and a few countries outside of mine 

 Oregon:

Hawthorn berries (side effects are the seeds do not eat)

Blackberries (late spring-early fall)

Fairy Bell Berries(Summer berry plant found in wet forest)

Juneberry (June-July found in foothills and lowland do not eat raw the pits are dangerous raw as they contain CYANIDE )

False strawberry (late spring-early fall open woods and edges of forest)

Oregon Grape ( Summer DO NOT EAT IN LARGE AMOUNTS THEY ARE DANGEROUS THEY CAN ALSO DESTROY GOOD BACTERIA WHEN EATEN BE CAREFUL )

Jerusalem Artichoke (March)

Siberian Miner’s Lettuce (Late winter-early spring found in wetlands)

Sea Asparagus ( Early spring - Early fall found in Marshes near ocean)

Brookelime (Spring-Fall do not eat near polluted water)

Washington

Blue Elderberry(Late Spring-Early summer found in damp places)

Serviceberry (Late spring-Summer found in hills and rocky areas)

Bullwhip kelp (Early Summer-Late summer ocean)

Onion Grass (All year in meadows and grassland WARNING THEY HAVE A TWIN CALLED STAR OF BETHLEHEM TO CHECK IF IT'S NOT THAT CRUSH IT ON A ROCK YOU WILL KNOW IF IT’S NOT THE TWIN IF THEY LEAVE A STRONG SCENT THE TWIN IS POISONOUS )

Chickweed (Early spring found in damp soils underneath treelines)

Fireweed(Late spring-Early fall)

Continuing my foraging log I will talk about Idaho and Montana 

Idaho

Wild Ginger (spring found in cool and moist areas )

Wild Strawberry( Late spring- Early summer found in meadows and on the side of streams) 

Saskatoon berry (season is July only a month found in timberline areas)

Thimbleberry (I live coast side so I have never seen these in person but the photos online look adorable they are found in wooded and wet areas they are best foraged for in early-Mid summer)

Chokecherry (Early-Late summer found where there is sunlight)

Elderberry( Late summer found in moist areas)

Montana

Bearberry (Early spring found in foothills)

Wild Bergamot ( Early-Late summer found in prairies )

Wild Licorice (Early-Mid summer found in low ground nearby streams)

Cow-Parsnip (Mid-Late spring found near streams WARNING BE CAREFUL WHEN PICKING AN PREPARING THESE CAN AND WILL LEAVE NASTY BURNS WITHOUT PROPER PREPARATION )