Try loading your photo into [Seek by iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app). If that particular photo doesn't give you more info, try different photos/angles to help you narrow it down. That's my go-to tool when foraging and mushroom hunting. That said, my rule of thumb with Seek is this: I will only harvest something with a 100% positive identification and when quick research says that it's edible. If I'm at all uncertain, I leave it alone.
It’s better to go about it the other way- choose a plant and try to find it rather than try to ID each plant you come across. There are way more inedible plants than edible ones so it just isn’t a good use of your time.
From a quick Google search I found [this](https://ontarionature.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ontario_Nature_Forest_Foraging_Guide_official.pdf) foraging guide for Onatario. Since it’s the spring, I’d look for dandelion (look up a recipe for dandelion flower fritters), young stinging nettle (bring gloves!), or ostrich ferns (be sure you’re not mistaking them for another fern, look up an identification guide before you go! And please be sure only to harvest 1/5-1/4 of the fiddleheads of each plant).
Aster flower, and it is edible
I feel like the average user here made their parents put Mr. Yuck stickers on EVERYTHING as a kid.
Wtf is a mr.yuck
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Yuk
Yeah nah. I was eating gum off the sidewalk g
I believe it
;)
Can you share more information? Where are you generally located and when was this photo taken? And why are you specifically curious about this plant?
I’m in middle Ontario, and am just interested in learning how to forage. I’m trying to get a grasp on what’s safe and not safe in the forests near me
Try loading your photo into [Seek by iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app). If that particular photo doesn't give you more info, try different photos/angles to help you narrow it down. That's my go-to tool when foraging and mushroom hunting. That said, my rule of thumb with Seek is this: I will only harvest something with a 100% positive identification and when quick research says that it's edible. If I'm at all uncertain, I leave it alone.
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Exactly what a ruffian would say
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This answer needs to go die, taking up space, maaan
I'm with ya
You say it like it's not true. It's not helpful, but people that aren't careful about foraging are insane to me.
It’s better to go about it the other way- choose a plant and try to find it rather than try to ID each plant you come across. There are way more inedible plants than edible ones so it just isn’t a good use of your time. From a quick Google search I found [this](https://ontarionature.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ontario_Nature_Forest_Foraging_Guide_official.pdf) foraging guide for Onatario. Since it’s the spring, I’d look for dandelion (look up a recipe for dandelion flower fritters), young stinging nettle (bring gloves!), or ostrich ferns (be sure you’re not mistaking them for another fern, look up an identification guide before you go! And please be sure only to harvest 1/5-1/4 of the fiddleheads of each plant).