GENERALIZED HARVEST CALENDAR for U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region
(Weather conditions vary widely and will affect when plants first erupt from the
soil.)
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JANUARY:
hawthorn berries
rose hips
FEBRUARY: SAPS – MAPLE, ETC.
MARCH: FIDDLEHEAD FERN BITTERCRESS CLEAVERS DAY LILLY SHOOTS JAPANESE KNOT WEED NETTLES – STINGING, WOOD, FALSE?
APRIL: INDIAN STRAWBERRY MUGWORT POKEWEED PLANTAIN, BROAD & NARROW LEAF WILD VIOLET CHAMELEON WINTERCRESS/YELLOW ROCKET HOSTA DOCKS – PATIENCE/BITTER/CURLY BURD0CK SPRING BEAUTY GROUNDCOVER MINTS – PURPLE DEADNETTLE, HENBIT, GROUND IVY, AGUGA SPEEDWELL GOUTWEED SHEEP SORREL CHAMENEON CLOVERS & BLOSSOMS SPRUCE TIPS HEMLOCK TIPS
MAY: BLACK LOCUST FLOWERS LINDEN TREE COMMON THISTLE MAPLE TREE LEAVES
JUNE: MULBERRY CHAMOMILE & PINEAPPLE CHAMOMILE AMARANTH - COMMON/MAT/SPINY WINEBERRY JUNEBERRY COMMON MALLOW LADIES THUMB/SMARTWEED JULY: BRAMBLES: RASPBERRY, BLACKBERRY, DEWBERRY BLACK NIGHTSHADE LAMB’S QUARTERS BLACKBERRY ROSE OF SHARON KNOTWEED CARPETWEED WOOD SORREL BEE BALM ARTEMISIA – MUGWORT, EPASOTE, SWEET ANNIE MINTS – BEE BALM (WILD SCARLET), MOUNTAIN MINT, SPEARMINT, LEMON BALM, ANISE HYSSOP, GIANT HYSSOP, HORSEMINT, WATER MINT, ETC.
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AUGUST: PERSIMMON STAGHORN SUMAC SHISO PURSLANE CLEARWEED NETTLE PEPPERCRESS GARLIC MUSTARD SEEDS DUCKWEED PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE ?GROUND CHERRY HONEY LOCUST PEA ROSE OF SHARON VELVET LEAF MALLOW (FIBER)
SEPTEMBER: NORTHERN BAYBERRY PAW PAW SPICE BUSH BERRIES SWEET BIRCH SASSAFRAS
OCTOBER: CRABAPPLE ACORNS BLACK WALNUTS SHAGBARK HICKORY NUTS SASSAFRAS ROOTS & LEAVES BARBERRY ROSE HIPS GINGKO HONEY LOCUST PODS & SEEDS AUTUMN BERRIES / AUTUMN OLIVES
NOVEMBER: (ROOTS & BERRIES) WILD ASIAN LEMONS (TRIFOLIATE ORANGE) HAWTHORN BERRIES CARROT ROOTS DAYLILLY ROOTS DANDELION ROOT CHICKORY ROOTS BURDOCK ROOT SUNCHOKES
DECEMBER: AMERICAN HOLLY EASTERN WHITE PINE SPICE BUSH BRANCH SWEET BIRCH BRANCH SASSAFRAS BRANCH? WINTERBERRY LEAF
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