Found near Vancouver · September
What people actually find here
400 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.
Salal473 records within 40 km this month
Broadleaf plantain327 records within 40 km this month
Dangerous look-alikeYarrow251 records within 40 km this month
Dandelion129 records within 40 km this month
Acorns110 records within 40 km this month
Rose hips78 records within 40 km this month
Hawthorn berries65 records within 40 km this month
Sheep sorrel61 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
- No openly licensed photo yet
Northern Red Belt
Fomitopsis mounceae
232 records nearby
Phaeolus hispidoides
Phaeolus hispidoides
139 records nearby
Conifer Chicken of the Woods
Laetiporus conifericola
111 records nearby
Your woods
What's growing around Vancouver
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.
- maple
- cedar
- hemlock
- Douglas-fir
- mountain ash
- alder
- cherry
- fir
Know these first
What can hurt you around Vancouver in September
11 species on our hazard list have been recorded near here this month, 4 of which can kill a healthy adult. Learn these before you learn anything you intend to eat.
- Can kill166 records nearby
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
- Mistaken for
- Comfrey and mullein at the rosette stage, both of which are gathered for tea.
- How to tell
- Foxglove leaves are finely toothed with a strongly netted underside; comfrey leaves are untoothed and bristly, and mullein is thickly woolly and soft as felt.
- What it does
- Cardiac glycosides. A cup of tea made from the wrong rosette has killed.
- Can kill125 records nearby
False hellebore
Veratrum viride
- Mistaken for
- Ramps, and skunk cabbage — it emerges in the same wet spring woods.
- How to tell
- Deeply pleated, strongly ribbed leaves that clasp a stout stem, in a spiralling rosette. No onion smell at all. Ramps have smooth flat leaves rising separately from the ground.
- What it does
- Slows the heart and drops blood pressure hard, within minutes to hours. A frequent cause of serious spring poisonings.
- Can kill10 records nearby
Brown roll-rim
Paxillus involutus
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What to start watching for
Coming into season in the next month or two near Vancouver, British Columbia. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
