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A Forager’s Year

A Forager’s Year

This is the companion website to A Forager’s Year, the wall calendar of wild foods around Washington, DC. Each of the calendar’s 178 plants has a page here with everything the calendar has no room for: how to tell it from lookalikes, where it grows and where you may pick it, how to use and keep it, and the source behind every line.

Scan a plant’s code on the calendar to come straight to its page, or find it below. Plants are listed month by month, as on the calendar’s pages, with the same numbers.

Mushrooms and other fungi are left out on purpose: mistaking a poisonous mushroom for an edible one can be deadly. National Capital Poison Center

In season in January

Also around this month: American persimmon (nut & seed) (seeds from ripe fruit (roasted and ground, to stretch coffee)) ask the park, Bull thistle, Butternut (sap) (sap (boiled to syrup)), Carolina rose, Chinese yam, Corn salad, Crabapple, Hairy bittercress, Hawthorn, Japanese barberry, Multiflora rose, Northern bugleweed, Shepherd’s purse (roots, bulbs & tubers) (small taproots, scrubbed (fresh or dried)), Wax myrtle, Winter cress

In season in February

Also around this month: Black birch, Bull thistle, Carolina rose, Chinese yam, Cleavers, Common hackberry, Corn salad, Crabapple, Dandelion (roots, bulbs & tubers) (taproot), Field pennycress, Hairy bittercress, Hawthorn, Japanese barberry, Multiflora rose, Northern bugleweed, Shepherd’s purse (roots, bulbs & tubers) (small taproots, scrubbed (fresh or dried)), Wax myrtle

At their best in March

Also around this month: Broadleaf arrowhead (roots, bulbs & tubers) (tubers (cooked)), Bull thistle, Burdock, Butternut (sap) (sap (boiled to syrup)), Cattail (roots, bulbs & tubers) (rhizomes (starchy rootstocks, cooked)), Chicory (roots, bulbs & tubers) (taproot), Chinese yam, Common blue violet (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers), Common blue violet (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves), Common evening primrose (roots, bulbs & tubers) (first-year taproot (dug from the rosette, cooked)), Common mallow, Dandelion (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (yellow florets; green bracts removed for sweets)), Dandelion (roots, bulbs & tubers) (taproot), Dock ask the park, Eastern redbud (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers and flower buds), Field garlic / wild onion (roots, bulbs & tubers) (underground bulbs and the aerial bulblets on field garlic flower heads), Groundnut, Japanese barberry, Japanese knotweed, Kudzu (roots, bulbs & tubers) (roots (young roots peeled and roasted; starch washed out of larger roots)), Linden (sap) (sap of American basswood, tapped in early spring (drunk fresh or boiled to syrup)), Lyreleaf sage, Maple, Nipplewort, Northern bugleweed, Shagbark hickory, Shepherd’s purse (fruit) (green seed pods on the flowering stalk (whole stalk tips eaten as a peppery seasoning, or dried and crushed)) ask the park, Softstem bulrush (roots, bulbs & tubers) (rhizomes and their young tips), Sow-thistles (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and stem tops), Stinging nettle, Virginia pepperweed (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and shoots), Wax myrtle, White clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (cooked)), Wild potato vine, Wintergreen, Yellow nutsedge

At their best in April

Also around this month: American persimmon (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves (dried, for tea)), Black walnut (sap) (sap (boiled to syrup)), Bull thistle, Burdock, Canada goldenrod (leaves & tender stems) (young spring leaves (cooked, a few raw in salads, or for tea)), Cattail (young shoots) (young shoots / inner core of the stalk), Cattail (roots, bulbs & tubers) (rhizomes (starchy rootstocks, cooked)), Chicory (roots, bulbs & tubers) (taproot), Chicory (leaves & tender stems) (young basal leaves), Cleavers, Corn salad, Curly dock, Dandelion (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves (rosettes), best before flowering), Eastern redbud (fruit) (young, tender seed pods (about 2 in long or less), raw or cooked) ask the park, Field garlic / wild onion (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (green tops), used like chives), Field pennycress, Garlic mustard, Hairy bittercress, Japanese honeysuckle, Japanese knotweed, Kudzu (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves, shoots and tender vine tips (usually cooked)), Lamb’s quarters, Linden (sap) (sap of American basswood, tapped in early spring (drunk fresh or boiled to syrup)), Lyreleaf sage, Mugwort, Nipplewort, Orange daylily (young shoots) (young shoots (3-8 in)), Ox-eye daisy, Pickerelweed (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and stalks (cooked)), Pineapple weed, Red clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, or dried for tea)), Shagbark hickory, Shepherd’s purse (roots, bulbs & tubers) (small taproots, scrubbed (fresh or dried)), Shepherd’s purse (leaves & tender stems) (young basal rosette leaves (raw before flowering, cooked after)), Shepherd’s purse (nut & seed) (ripe seeds rubbed from tan pods (raw, in soups or baking)) ask the park, Softstem bulrush (roots, bulbs & tubers) (rhizomes and their young tips), Sow-thistles (young shoots) (young stalks (peeled, cooked)), Spicebush (leaves & tender stems) (twigs, young leaves and early flowers, for tea (berries covered separately)), Sweet goldenrod (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (dried for tea)), Virginia pepperweed (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers), Virginia pepperweed (fruit) (green seedpods and seeds (seasoning)) ask the park, White clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, pan-roasted, or dried for tea)), Wild bergamot (leaves & tender stems) (leaves and tender tops, fresh or dried, for seasoning and tea), Wild grape (young leaves (blanched or cooked)) (young leaves (blanched or cooked)), Wild grape (young tendrils (green, from near the growing end of the vine)) (young tendrils (green, from near the growing end of the vine)), Wild mint, Wild potato vine, Winter cress, Wintergreen, Wood nettle, Wood sorrel ask the park, Yellow nutsedge

At their best in May

Also around this month: Canada goldenrod (leaves & tender stems) (young spring leaves (cooked, a few raw in salads, or for tea)), Cattail (flowers, buds & pollen) (immature green flower spikes and yellow pollen), Common blue violet (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers), Common blue violet (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves), Common chickweed, Dandelion (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (yellow florets; green bracts removed for sweets)), Dayflowers, Eastern redbud (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers and flower buds), Field garlic / wild onion (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (green tops), used like chives), Field garlic / wild onion (roots, bulbs & tubers) (underground bulbs and the aerial bulblets on field garlic flower heads), Henbit, Indian cucumber root, Japanese honeysuckle, Japanese knotweed, Linden (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and leaf buds), Linden (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower clusters with their papery bract, for tea), Lyreleaf sage, Mugwort, Nipplewort, Ox-eye daisy, Pineapple weed, Plantain, Purple deadnettle, Ramps, Red clover (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves (raw in small amounts, or cooked)), Red mulberry, Shaggy soldier, Sheep sorrel, Shepherd’s purse (roots, bulbs & tubers) (small taproots, scrubbed (fresh or dried)), Shepherd’s purse (leaves & tender stems) (young basal rosette leaves (raw before flowering, cooked after)), Smartweeds, Softstem bulrush (flowers, buds & pollen) (pollen (shaken from the flowering heads)), Sow-thistles (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and stem tops), Spicebush (leaves & tender stems) (twigs, young leaves and early flowers, for tea (berries covered separately)), Stinging nettle, Sweet goldenrod (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (dried for tea)), Virginia pepperweed (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and shoots), Virginia pepperweed (fruit) (green seedpods and seeds (seasoning)) ask the park, White sweet clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves, flowers and stems, quickly and thoroughly dried, for tea), Wild bergamot (leaves & tender stems) (leaves and tender tops, fresh or dried, for seasoning and tea), Wild mint, Wood nettle

At their best in June

Also around this month: American persimmon (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves (dried, for tea)), Blackberry & dewberry, Canada lettuce (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and tender stems (cooked as a potherb)), Cattail (young shoots) (young shoots / inner core of the stalk), Chicory (roots, bulbs & tubers) (taproot), Common evening primrose (flowers, buds & pollen) (fresh flowers), Common mallow, Common purslane, Dayflowers, Deerberry, Indian cucumber root, Japanese honeysuckle, Lyreleaf sage, Ox-eye daisy, Pickerelweed (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and stalks (cooked)), Pineapple weed, Plantain, Red clover (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves (raw in small amounts, or cooked)), Red clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, or dried for tea)), Rose of Sharon, Sassafras, Shaggy soldier, Sheep sorrel, Shepherd’s purse (nut & seed) (ripe seeds rubbed from tan pods (raw, in soups or baking)) ask the park, Smartweeds, Softstem bulrush (young shoots) (young shoots and tender stem bases (peeled)), Sow-thistles (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and stem tops), Sow-thistles (young shoots) (young stalks (peeled, cooked)), Spicebush (leaves & tender stems) (twigs, young leaves and early flowers, for tea (berries covered separately)), White clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (cooked)), White sweet clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves, flowers and stems, quickly and thoroughly dried, for tea), Wild blueberry, Wild grape (young leaves (blanched or cooked)) (young leaves (blanched or cooked)), Wild grape (young tendrils (green, from near the growing end of the vine)) (young tendrils (green, from near the growing end of the vine)), Wild mint, Wild strawberry, Wineberry, Wood sorrel ask the park

At their best in July

Also around this month: American elderberry (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower clusters (umbel-like cymes)), American lotus (nut & seed) (seeds (green seeds raw or boiled; ripe seeds cooked or ground)) ask the park, Black raspberry, Black walnut (fruit) (half-grown green fruits, husk and all, before the shell forms (pickled or steeped in liquor)) ask the park, Broadleaf arrowhead (young shoots) (flower stalks, before the flowers open (cooked)), Broadleaf arrowhead (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower petals (raw)), Butternut (fruit) (half-grown green fruits, husk and all, before the shell forms (pickled or steeped in liquor)) ask the park, Cattail (flowers, buds & pollen) (immature green flower spikes and yellow pollen), Chicory (roots, bulbs & tubers) (taproot), Common evening primrose (flowers, buds & pollen) (fresh flowers), Common mallow, Creeping cucumber ask the park, Dock ask the park, Field garlic / wild onion (roots, bulbs & tubers) (underground bulbs and the aerial bulblets on field garlic flower heads), Ground cherry, Indian cucumber root, Japanese honeysuckle, Kudzu (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves, shoots and tender vine tips (usually cooked)), Kudzu (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower clusters (blossoms for jelly, pickles or frying)), Lamb’s quarters, Linden (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower clusters with their papery bract, for tea), Linden (nut & seed) (ripening nutlets (crack the hard shell and eat the small kernel inside)) ask the park, Mayapple, Mugwort, Orange daylily (flowers, buds & pollen) (unopened flower buds, open flowers and spent (wilted) flowers), Pineapple weed, Plantain, Red clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, or dried for tea)), Red mulberry, Rose of Sharon, Sour cherry, Spicebush (leaves & tender stems) (twigs, young leaves and early flowers, for tea (berries covered separately)), Sumac, Sweet goldenrod (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers (fresh or dried, for tea)), Velvetleaf ask the park, Virginia pepperweed (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers), Water chestnut ask the park, White clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (cooked)), White clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, pan-roasted, or dried for tea)), White sweet clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves, flowers and stems, quickly and thoroughly dried, for tea), White sweet clover (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (in tiny one- or two-seeded pods), used as a spice) ask the park, Wild grape (young tendrils (green, from near the growing end of the vine)) (young tendrils (green, from near the growing end of the vine)), Wood sorrel ask the park

At their best in August

Also around this month: Adam’s needle yucca ask the park, American hazelnut, American hornbeam ask the park, Black huckleberry, Blackberry & dewberry, Broadleaf arrowhead (young shoots) (flower stalks, before the flowers open (cooked)), Canada goldenrod (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers (fresh, bright flower heads stripped from the stems, or dried for tea)), Canada lettuce (flowers, buds & pollen) (tender tops with unopened flower clusters (cooked)), Carolina rose, Chicory (roots, bulbs & tubers) (taproot), Chokeberry, Common mallow, Cornelian cherry, Crabapple, Dangleberry, Dayflowers, European cranberrybush, False Solomon’s seal, Indian cucumber root, Japanese honeysuckle, Kousa dogwood, Kudzu (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves, shoots and tender vine tips (usually cooked)), Lamb’s quarters, Mugwort, Pawpaw, Pickerelweed (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (raw, parched or dried)) ask the park, Pineapple weed, Plantain, Red clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, or dried for tea)), Redroot pigweed (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and tender tops (usually boiled)), Redroot pigweed (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (tiny and shiny black; whole, popped or ground)) ask the park, Riverbank goldenrod, Shaggy soldier, Smartweeds, Softstem bulrush (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (tiny achenes, parched or ground into flour)) ask the park, Spicebush (leaves & tender stems) (twigs, young leaves and early flowers, for tea (berries covered separately)), Spicebush (fruit) (ripe berries (drupes), dried/ground as spice), Sweet goldenrod (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (dried for tea)), Sweet goldenrod (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers (fresh or dried, for tea)), Virginia pepperweed (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers), Virginia pepperweed (fruit) (green seedpods and seeds (seasoning)) ask the park, White clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (cooked)), White clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, pan-roasted, or dried for tea)), White sweet clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves, flowers and stems, quickly and thoroughly dried, for tea), White sweet clover (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (in tiny one- or two-seeded pods), used as a spice) ask the park, Wild bergamot (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (florets), fresh or dried), Wild bergamot (leaves & tender stems) (leaves and tender tops, fresh or dried, for seasoning and tea), Wild blueberry, Wild mint, Wild rice ask the park, Wineberry, Withe-rod, Wood sorrel ask the park, Yellow nutsedge

At their best in September

Also around this month: Allegheny chinquapin, American beech, American elderberry (fruit) (ripe berries (cooked)), American persimmon (fruit) (ripe fruit), American persimmon (nut & seed) (seeds from ripe fruit (roasted and ground, to stretch coffee)) ask the park, American plum, Autumn olive, Black cherry, Black gum, Blackhaw viburnum, Broadleaf arrowhead (young shoots) (flower stalks, before the flowers open (cooked)), Broadleaf arrowhead (roots, bulbs & tubers) (tubers (cooked)), Carolina rose, Chinese chestnut, Chokeberry, Common blue violet (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves), Common evening primrose (flowers, buds & pollen) (fresh flowers), Common hackberry, Common mallow, Common purslane, Cornelian cherry, Creeping cucumber ask the park, Dandelion (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves (rosettes), best before flowering), Dandelion (roots, bulbs & tubers) (taproot), Dayflowers, Deerberry, Ginkgo ask the park, Ground cherry, Groundnut, Hawthorn, Hickory, Indian cucumber root, Japanese barberry, Japanese honeysuckle, Kousa dogwood, Kudzu (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves, shoots and tender vine tips (usually cooked)), Lamb’s quarters, Mayapple, Maypop, Mugwort, Multiflora rose, Nannyberry, Oak, red oak group, Pecan, Pineapple weed, Plantain, Red clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, or dried for tea)), Redroot pigweed (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and tender tops (usually boiled)), Riverbank goldenrod, Rose of Sharon, Shaggy soldier, Sheep sorrel, Smartweeds, Softstem bulrush (young shoots) (young shoots and tender stem bases (peeled)), Softstem bulrush (flowers, buds & pollen) (pollen (shaken from the flowering heads)), Sow-thistles (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and stem tops), Spicebush (leaves & tender stems) (twigs, young leaves and early flowers, for tea (berries covered separately)), Sumac, Sweet goldenrod (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (dried for tea)), Sweet goldenrod (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers (fresh or dried, for tea)), Velvetleaf ask the park, Virginia pepperweed (fruit) (green seedpods and seeds (seasoning)) ask the park, Water chestnut ask the park, Wax myrtle, White clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (cooked)), White clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, pan-roasted, or dried for tea)), White sweet clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves, flowers and stems, quickly and thoroughly dried, for tea), White sweet clover (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (in tiny one- or two-seeded pods), used as a spice) ask the park, Wild bergamot (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (florets), fresh or dried), Wild bergamot (leaves & tender stems) (leaves and tender tops, fresh or dried, for seasoning and tea), Wild mint, Wintergreen, Withe-rod, Wood sorrel ask the park, Yellow nutsedge

At their best in October

Also around this month: Allegheny chinquapin, American hazelnut, American lotus (nut & seed) (seeds (green seeds raw or boiled; ripe seeds cooked or ground)) ask the park, American persimmon (nut & seed) (seeds from ripe fruit (roasted and ground, to stretch coffee)) ask the park, Autumn olive, Broadleaf arrowhead (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower petals (raw)), Bull thistle, Burdock, Canada goldenrod (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers (fresh, bright flower heads stripped from the stems, or dried for tea)), Carolina rose, Cattail (roots, bulbs & tubers) (rhizomes (starchy rootstocks, cooked)), Chicory (roots, bulbs & tubers) (taproot), Chicory (leaves & tender stems) (young basal leaves), Chinese chestnut, Chinese yam, Chokeberry, Common blue violet (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves), Common chickweed, Common evening primrose (flowers, buds & pollen) (fresh flowers), Common evening primrose (roots, bulbs & tubers) (first-year taproot (dug from the rosette, cooked)), Common mallow, Common purslane, Creeping cucumber ask the park, Curly dock, Dandelion (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves (rosettes), best before flowering), Dayflowers, Dock ask the park, European cranberrybush, False Solomon’s seal, Field garlic / wild onion (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (green tops), used like chives), Field pennycress, Foxtail grasses ask the park, Garlic mustard, Ground cherry, Groundnut, Henbit, Indian cucumber root, Japanese barberry, Japanese honeysuckle, Jerusalem artichoke, Kousa dogwood, Kudzu (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves, shoots and tender vine tips (usually cooked)), Kudzu (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower clusters (blossoms for jelly, pickles or frying)), Linden (nut & seed) (ripening nutlets (crack the hard shell and eat the small kernel inside)) ask the park, Mugwort, Multiflora rose, Nipplewort, Ox-eye daisy, Pawpaw, Pecan, Pickerelweed (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (raw, parched or dried)) ask the park, Plantain, Purple deadnettle, Red clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, or dried for tea)), Redroot pigweed (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (tiny and shiny black; whole, popped or ground)) ask the park, Rose of Sharon, Shaggy soldier, Sheep sorrel, Shepherd’s purse (roots, bulbs & tubers) (small taproots, scrubbed (fresh or dried)), Shepherd’s purse (leaves & tender stems) (young basal rosette leaves (raw before flowering, cooked after)), Softstem bulrush (young shoots) (young shoots and tender stem bases (peeled)), Softstem bulrush (flowers, buds & pollen) (pollen (shaken from the flowering heads)), Softstem bulrush (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (tiny achenes, parched or ground into flour)) ask the park, Sow-thistles (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and stem tops), Spicebush (leaves & tender stems) (twigs, young leaves and early flowers, for tea (berries covered separately)), Spicebush (fruit) (ripe berries (drupes), dried/ground as spice), Sumac, Sweet goldenrod (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (dried for tea)), Sweet goldenrod (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers (fresh or dried, for tea)), Velvetleaf ask the park, Water chestnut ask the park, Wax myrtle, White clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (cooked)), White clover (flowers, buds & pollen) (flower heads (fresh, pan-roasted, or dried for tea)), White sweet clover (leaves & tender stems) (leaves, flowers and stems, quickly and thoroughly dried, for tea), White sweet clover (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (in tiny one- or two-seeded pods), used as a spice) ask the park, Wild grape (fruit) (ripe grapes), Wild mint, Wild potato vine, Wintergreen, Wood sorrel ask the park

At their best in November

Also around this month: Allegheny chinquapin, American hornbeam ask the park, Autumn olive, Black gum, Black walnut (nut & seed) (nuts), Blackhaw viburnum, Canada goldenrod (flowers, buds & pollen) (flowers (fresh, bright flower heads stripped from the stems, or dried for tea)), Carolina rose, Chicory (roots, bulbs & tubers) (taproot), Chicory (leaves & tender stems) (young basal leaves), Chokeberry, Common chickweed, Common hackberry, Common mallow, Common purslane, Corn salad, Crabapple, Curly dock, Dandelion (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves (rosettes), best before flowering), Dock ask the park, European cranberrybush, Field garlic / wild onion (leaves & tender stems) (leaves (green tops), used like chives), Field pennycress, Garlic mustard, Hairy bittercress, Henbit, Hickory, Japanese honeysuckle, Kudzu (roots, bulbs & tubers) (roots (young roots peeled and roasted; starch washed out of larger roots)), Nannyberry, Nipplewort, Northern bugleweed, Oak, red oak group, Oak, white oak group, Ox-eye daisy, Pickerelweed (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (raw, parched or dried)) ask the park, Purple deadnettle, Shaggy soldier, Sheep sorrel, Shepherd’s purse (roots, bulbs & tubers) (small taproots, scrubbed (fresh or dried)), Shepherd’s purse (leaves & tender stems) (young basal rosette leaves (raw before flowering, cooked after)), Softstem bulrush (young shoots) (young shoots and tender stem bases (peeled)), Softstem bulrush (nut & seed) (ripe seeds (tiny achenes, parched or ground into flour)) ask the park, Sow-thistles (leaves & tender stems) (young leaves and stem tops), Spicebush (leaves & tender stems) (twigs, young leaves and early flowers, for tea (berries covered separately)), Velvetleaf ask the park, Water chestnut ask the park, Wild grape (fruit) (ripe grapes), Winter cress, Wood sorrel ask the park, Yellow nutsedge

In season in December

Also around this month: American persimmon (nut & seed) (seeds from ripe fruit (roasted and ground, to stretch coffee)) ask the park, Bull thistle, Burdock, Chinese yam, Common hackberry, Corn salad, Crabapple, Ginkgo ask the park, Hairy bittercress, Hawthorn, Hickory, Japanese barberry, Maple, Ox-eye daisy, Shepherd’s purse (roots, bulbs & tubers) (small taproots, scrubbed (fresh or dried)), Shepherd’s purse (leaves & tender stems) (young basal rosette leaves (raw before flowering, cooked after)), Wax myrtle, Winter cress

Not on the calendar

Not recommended, or practically nothing to pick near DC. Their pages carry the warnings.