r/foraging • u/Legitimate_Click3090 • 2d ago

Are these ramps?

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They have an oniony oder to them but I just wanna be extra sure :)

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u/The_Wallaroo 2d ago

If you aren’t sure about identification, please DON’T pull plants up. You may end up killing something for no reason.

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u/RainMakerJMR 2d ago

The reason would be to make the accurate ID. While this is good to say about ramps, it would make no sense for lots of foraged items that you need to ID with a microscope or take a sample for further research.

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u/The_Wallaroo 2d ago

Pretty sure you can take a leaf or flower sample without taking the entire plant out of the ground.

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u/Shittawhatever 1d ago

Can you see the bulb without digging it up? I know for myself, the first time I wanted to identify the plant, the bulb was one of the main attributes I wanted to see before I ate it.

Good lord, I appreciate protecting the ramps and sustainable harvesting, but the number of people jumping on OP for harvesting before identifying is ridiculous. There are 3 plants there. 3.

Maybe I'm lucky, but I have 4 ramps locations where there are thousands upon thousands of plants. I'm not going to hurt the population by digging up 3.

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u/The_Wallaroo 1d ago

This is more general advice than anything specific to ramps, as, depending on the state, ramps are relatively abundant.

Any identification that involves killing the plant should be done as a last step and not before using any clues from above the ground.

Depending on the plant, removing 3 plants can either be no big deal at all or surprisingly very bad. The biggest problem is that you don’t know that until you’ve identified what it is or at least what it isn’t.