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Amaranth · American plum · Apple · Burdock · Catmint · Cattail · Chickasaw plum · Chokecherry · Colorado pinyon · Common mallow · Common salsify · Dandelion · False solomon's-seal · Garden asparagus · Golden currant · Gooseberry · Lamb's quarters · Milkweed · Nanking cherry · Prickly pear · Three-leaf sumac · Tumbleweed · Yucca
🗓 Season: August · September · October · November · May · June · July
🔍 When is it ripe?
American plum: Red to yellow, about 2 cm across. Tart-sweet when ripe; flesh softens and the fruit falls readily. Good raw or cooked. Watch for early drop — often ready by mid-August.
Apple: Background colour changes from green to yellow or cream (variety determines final colour). Seeds inside should be brown. Flesh yields slightly to thumb pressure. A ripe apple releases with a gentle upward twist — no pulling. Check the ground for natural drops.
Cattail: Multiple edible parts across the season: young shoots (spring), green flower spikes (May–June, boil like corn), yellow pollen (June–July, shake into a bag), and starchy root (year-round). Green spikes are ripe when fully formed but still bright green.
Chokecherry: Small clusters ripen from red to very dark purple-black. Intensely astringent until fully dark; seeds and leaves contain hydrocyanic acid — cook or dry before eating in quantity. Best for jams and syrups.
Colorado pinyon: Blue-green cones open in autumn to release seeds. Large pine nuts with a rich flavour. Collect by shaking open cones or gathering fallen seeds. A major food source historically.
Gooseberry: Unripe: small, hard, very tart (good for cooking). Ripe: translucent, slightly soft, and sweet — variety colour is red, yellow, or green. Ripe gooseberries come off the stalk easily and have a sweet aroma.
Prickly pear: Turns from green to red, orange, or yellow depending on species. Ripe when skin gives slightly and colour is fully developed. Use tongs and burn off the tiny glochid spines with a flame or rub in sand before handling. Sweet, mild flesh.
There is chokecherry at the south entrance of the walking trail. Further in is a large thicket of sand plums. There is burdock to the right just after the path crosses the stream. On the east side of the stream, near the public restrooms, there is a large old abandoned apple orchard. Follow the stream north and you will come to stand of cat tails. There is catnip, asparagus and salsify scattered throughout the walking trail areas of the park.
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