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
Rocky Mountains
Short alpine season concentrates hardy berries, tubers, and pine foods.
Key items
- Serviceberry
- Wild raspberry
- Bistort roots
- Glacier lily corms
- Yampah (dry, high-country only)
Regional caution: Water hemlock grows in every mountain seep — never dig 'wild carrot' without absolute ID.