Found near Kelowna · September
What people actually find here
319 species have been recorded within about 40 km of here in September, from verified public observations. These are the ones we have written up, ordered by how often they turn up.
Chokecherry42 records within 40 km this month
Dangerous look-alikeYarrow38 records within 40 km this month
Dangerous look-alikeJuniper berries34 records within 40 km this month
Broadleaf plantain13 records within 40 km this month
Hawthorn berries10 records within 40 km this month
Staghorn sumac7 records within 40 km this month
Lamb's quarters5 records within 40 km this month
Dandelion4 records within 40 km this month
Acorns3 records within 40 km this month
Also out there, that we haven't written up yet
Recorded near you this month. We have no identification guidance for these, so treat them as a list of things to go and learn — from a regional key or someone who knows them — not as a list of things to pick.
Fungi
Shaggy Mane
Coprinus comatus
22 records nearby
Destructive Pholiota
Hemipholiota populnea
10 records nearby
Your woods
What's growing around Kelowna
The commonest trees recorded nearby, most often seen first. Most of the good mushrooms are tied to a particular tree, so this is the first thing to know about a wood.
- pine
- maple
- poplar and aspen
- Douglas-fir
- cherry
- cedar
- elm
- larch
Know these first
What can hurt you around Kelowna in September
4 species on our hazard list have been recorded near here this month, 1 of which can kill a healthy adult. Learn these before you learn anything you intend to eat.
- Can kill4 records nearby
Red baneberry
Actaea rubra
- Mistaken for
- Red currants and other woodland berries.
- How to tell
- Glossy red berries in a tight cluster on a stout stalk, above compound toothed leaves. No currant-like flower remnant at the tip.
- What it does
- As white baneberry: severe cardiac effects from a small number of berries.
- Hospital59 records nearby
Bittersweet nightshade
Solanum dulcamara
- Mistaken for
- Its red berries get picked as currants or tomatoes by children.
- How to tell
- Purple flowers with a yellow beak, leaves with a pair of small lobes at the base, and berries that ripen green to orange to red on the same cluster.
- What it does
- Solanine: burning throat, vomiting, and in a child, worse.
- Hospital5 records nearby
Fly agaric
Amanita muscaria
- Mistaken for
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What to start watching for
Coming into season in the next month or two near Kelowna, British Columbia. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
