Found near Saskatoon · September
What people actually find here
249 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.
Chokecherry52 records within 40 km this month
Dangerous look-alikeYarrow42 records within 40 km this month
Broadleaf plantain21 records within 40 km this month
Acorns19 records within 40 km this month
Dandelion14 records within 40 km this month
Purslane11 records within 40 km this month
Dangerous look-alikeJuniper berries6 records within 40 km this month
Lamb's quarters4 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
97 records nearby
White Dapperling
Leucocoprinus leucothites
14 records nearby
Your woods
What's growing around Saskatoon
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.
- cherry
- maple
- poplar and aspen
- willow
- ash
- elm
- oak
- pine
Know these first
What can hurt you around Saskatoon in September
5 species on our hazard list have been recorded near here this month, 2 of which can kill a healthy adult. Learn these before you learn anything you intend to eat.
- Can kill3 records nearby
Water hemlock
Cicuta maculata
- Mistaken for
- Wild parsnip, water parsnip, wild carrot and angelica — every white-flowered umbel a forager digs.
- How to tell
- Slice the root base lengthwise: water hemlock is chambered, with hollow cross-partitions, and oozes an oily yellow sap that smells of raw parsnip. The stem is streaked or blotched purple. It grows with its feet in water.
- What it does
- The most violently toxic plant in North America. A piece of root the size of a walnut kills an adult, with convulsions starting within the hour.
- Can kill2 records nearby
Brown roll-rim
Paxillus involutus
- Mistaken for
- Assorted brown gilled mushrooms; it was eaten as an edible in Europe for generations.
- How to tell
- Inrolled felty cap margin, gills that bruise dark brown and can be rubbed off the cap, growing under birch.
- What it does
- Sensitises the immune system over repeated meals, then one day triggers it to destroy the eater's own red blood cells. People have died after eating it safely for years.
- Hospital8 records nearby
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What to start watching for
Coming into season in the next month or two near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
