Midwest Foraging Seasons

This page will cover all of the seasons to find wild edible foods (plants, mushrooms, and bugs) here in the Midwest. Some plants listed below are NOT edible but they are good plants to learn if you love foraging.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Glechoma hederacea
gill-over-the-ground


Verbascum thapsus
wooly mullein


Ranunculus abortivus
Littleleaf Buttercup
Spring greens = April 27th, 2023, Flower buds = May 22nd, 2023


Common Motherwort (burs)
April 27th 2023


Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort (possible Common Wormwood)
April 27th, 2023

Rudbeckia lacinata
Wild Golden Glow
April 27th ’23, May 1 ’23


Coprinellus Micaceus
Mica Cap
May 1st ’23


Hydrophyllum virginianum
Virginia Waterleaf
May 1st, 2023


Dicentra cucullaria
Dutchman’s Breeches
May 7th, 2023 FLOWERING!


Oxalis acetosella
Woodsorrel
May 7th


Spinacia
Wild spinach
May 7th, 2023


Cannabis ruderalis
Feral cannabis
23-5-12

Melilotus (sweet clover on lawn)
https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/57067-Melilotus

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