this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
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Welcome to all things foraging! A new foraging community, where we come together to explore the bountiful wonders of the natural world and share our knowledge of gathering wild goods! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿซ

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I thought it could be a good idea to gather valuable resources for people to use whilst foraging! Feel free to comment other suggestions and I'll expand the list periodically. For now the list is minimal and general, but if/when it expands i might categorize them based on region or field of interest. Give us your best resources! ๐Ÿ“š

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As much as AI can help identify things, it can also be confidently and completely off. Please be cautious and don't rely on AI identification alone. Look up several pictures from botanical and biology pages - because even image search from Google and other large search engines can be off and/or inconsistent.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

To add, wild food UK have a YouTube presence that can be really helpful for seeing video rather than photos.

[โ€“] newt 3 points 1 year ago

PictureThis! app on iOS works good for identifying plants

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Foragingtexas.com has a lot of good information for the state, many of the plants have a much wider distribution as well.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

In Norway, Artsorakelet from Artsdatabanken is a good free ID app. It warns you not to trust it enough to eat something because of it, but I've found it very useful to sanity check my own IDs, and get a pointer to things I'm not going to eat anyway.