Foraging
Edible Plants
Identify calorie- and nutrient-worthy wild plants, avoid the local look-alikes that will hurt you, and harvest without stripping a patch.
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General practice
- Positive identification with three or more features before eating anything.
- Universal Edibility Test only when nothing safer is available.
- Never harvest from roadsides, agricultural runoff, or land recently sprayed.
- Rotate patches and take no more than a third of what is present.
Regional focus
Pacific Northwest
Damp coastal and montane forests provide berries, greens, and inner bark.
Key items
- Salmonberry
- Thimbleberry
- Salal
- Stinging nettle
- Miner's lettuce
- Cattail shoots
- Douglas-fir tips
Regional caution: Devil's club looks tempting but its thorns cause septic wounds — protective gloves only.