Interactive planner

Southeast field planner

Use this on your phone in the truck. Print the ledger when you want paper in the rain.

Southeast harvest zonesForage zones
Piedmont oaksSouthern Blue RidgeGulf coastal plainOzark / Ouachita
  • Piedmont oaks

    Oak-pine · 100–400 m

  • Southern Blue Ridge

    Cove forest · 400–1,600 m

  • Gulf coastal plain

    Pine, live oak · 0–80 m

  • Ozark / Ouachita

    Oak-hickory ridges · 200–700 m

Dated species

SpeciesFirstLastPeakBuyer $/lb
Golden ChanterelleMay 15Sep 20Jun–Jul8–25
Chicken of the WoodsApr 10Nov 1May + Sep4–15
Black TrumpetJun 15Sep 15Jul–Aug20–50
Lion's ManeSep 1Dec 1Oct12–28

Permits

National forests vary. Wildlife management areas often restrict. Heat safety is part of the permit you give yourself.

If you sell

Same US food-code story. Keep a cold chain — summer mushrooms sour in an hour.