Wild herbs / Oregon
Wild herbs: Mount Hood National Forest
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Look for nettle in spring in the Sandy and Zigzag river valleys, and for yarrow and wild strawberries in summer on clearings and felling sites. Elder grows along forest roads and clearing edges, but pick only berries with a pale blue bloom. Watch for western water hemlock (Cicuta douglasii) by water, a deadly plant.
What grows here
stinging nettle, dandelion, yarrow, common chickweed, wild strawberry, elder (elderflower, elderberry)
Habitats: damp Douglas fir and western red cedar forest, clearings, felling sites and river valleys on the west side of the Cascades
Rules
For personal use without a permit you may pick up to 3 gallons of berries a year and up to 20 pounds (about 9 kg) of plant cuttings a year, and you may not sell them. Picking for sale needs a paid commercial permit. Wilderness areas and reserves may have stricter rules, so ask at the ranger district office.
About the place
Mount Hood National Forest lies east of Portland, Oregon. Damp forest and clearings give nettle, yarrow, wild strawberry and dandelion. Elder here is mostly blue elder, often treated as a subspecies of black elder, alongside red elder, whose raw berries are poisonous.
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