There's more to nature than you know.
A field guide to the wild edible and medicinal plants of Texas.
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What's in season
January in Texas, 15 plants in season. See them all →
A few highlights below; the link above opens the full list.
Peaking in January
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
Hairy Bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta
Ground Raw
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Ground Raw
Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
Ground Raw
Last chance ending in January
What's in season
February in Texas, 19 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in February
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
Hairy Bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta
Ground Raw
Canada Wild Onion
Allium canadense
Ground Raw
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Ground Raw
Last chance ending in February
What's in season
March in Texas, 32 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in March
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
Canada Wild Onion
Allium canadense
Ground Raw
Cattail
Typha latifolia
Aquatic Cooked
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Ground Raw
Last chance ending in March
What's in season
April in Texas, 40 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in April
Agarita
Mahonia trifoliolata
Shrub Fruit
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
Tree Raw
Canada Wild Onion
Allium canadense
Ground Raw
Last chance ending in April
What's in season
May in Texas, 35 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in May
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
Amaranth
Amaranthus retroflexus
Ground Cooked
American Basswood
Tilia americana
Tree Tea
Anacua
Ehretia anacua
Tree Fruit
Last chance ending in May
What's in season
June in Texas, 36 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in June
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
Amaranth
Amaranthus retroflexus
Ground Cooked
Anacahuita
Cordia boissieri
Shrub Fruit
Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
Ground Tea
Last chance ending in June
What's in season
July in Texas, 30 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in July
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
Amaranth
Amaranthus retroflexus
Ground Cooked
American Lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Aquatic Cooked
Anacahuita
Cordia boissieri
Shrub Fruit
Last chance ending in July
What's in season
August in Texas, 32 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in August
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
American Lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Aquatic Cooked
Anacahuita
Cordia boissieri
Shrub Fruit
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Shrub Fruit
Last chance ending in August
What's in season
September in Texas, 49 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in September
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
American Beech
Fagus grandifolia
Tree Nuts
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Tree Fruit
Anacua
Ehretia anacua
Tree Fruit
Last chance ending in September
What's in season
October in Texas, 43 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in October
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Tree Fruit
Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Aquatic Cooked
Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
Tree Nuts
Last chance ending in October
What's in season
November in Texas, 32 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in November
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Aquatic Cooked
Ashe Juniper
Juniperus ashei
Tree Spice
Chile Pequin
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum
Shrub Spice
Last chance ending in November
What's in season
December in Texas, 18 plants in season. See them all →
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Peaking in December
Agave
Agave americana
Cactus Cooked
Ashe Juniper
Juniperus ashei
Tree Spice
Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
Ground Raw
Field Garlic
Allium vineale
Ground Raw
Last chance ending in December
What grows where you are
See what's growing in what part of big Texas.
- West Texas 40 plants
- Central Texas 76 plants
- East Texas 79 plants
Forage like you plan to come back.
Never eat a wild plant on this site's word alone. Confirm identity with several sources, learn the look-alikes, and when in doubt, leave it in the ground.
Take a third of what you find, at most. The plant has to live, the birds were here first, and next season's forager is counting on both of you.
Hero photograph: Wing-Chi Poon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.