>>2756146yeah it's actually a lot more common here than anywhere else.
I live just south of tacoma and I see it all the time. although I've never been to canada, maybe the plants feel the same way I do about dealing with border control.
looking into it further, it seems they don't really grow as much in BC except for the Georgia depression (the exact spot you mentioned), which both makes sense to me and is hilarious.
if you plan to get into foraging with plants, then I would suggest picking up a book called "PLANTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, & Alaska" by Pojar Mackinnon. The best way to learn about foraging (other than to be formally taught by a tribal elder with a training montage.) is to go out into the wild, like some sort of wizard with a type of book called a "dichotomous key" (and a dictionary) and use the key to identify a plant and then find out what to do with said plant. don't use google lens, or any other AI based program, we aren't there yet. don't rely on google or any other wifi-based technology that doesn't work in the middle of the woods. and don't just look at the pictures, because then you don't learn anything. Ideally, again you would have someone with you who knows things, but I understand that isn't always possible. for a start, look for salmon berries, they're bountiful this time of year. as a test, find out how to correctly identify a dandelion (there are a surprising amount of lookalikes). and for achievement get, try and memorize every fern, there are surprisingly few varieties.
>>2756178I'm pretty sure that's like, the one state with no poison hemlock. also that sucks man.
