Wild strawberry

About

Wild strawberry (*Fragaria vesca*) is a wild forest berry with small aromatic fruit. It is picked by hand on woodland edges, clearings and in open woods. It is not cultivated garden strawberry (*Fragaria × ananassa*) and not green strawberry (*Fragaria viridis*).

Fresh harvest season

An orientation window for local open-field harvest in the regions already documented in the atlas — not retail, import, or storage availability.

By region

In the kitchen

Wild strawberries are eaten fresh, cooked into jam and preserves, mashed with sugar and used in desserts. The berries are delicate and do not keep well for long.

Seasonality by region

• Leningrad Oblast(RU-LEN)

  JunJul

  BeginningActiveEnding

  Season

  late June – July

  Confidence

  Indicative

  Evidence

  Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Wild v3 CORE (rule-card r2; seasonality-v3-wild-products-001). Pathway WILD-MULTIYEAR-C, INDICATIVE (APPROXIMATE ceiling not taken: END thinner than Moscow package). TYPICAL 2024–2026; MULTI_DISTRICT. 78.ru: mass from late June; Mentoday: through end of July → CORE START LATE_MONTH 06-21, END MONTH 07-31 (early August OUTER). Glazkov лесная; 47news/MR7 corroboration. Garden strawberry excluded. Peak unset. Neighbors not copied.

  Sources

  • 78.ru: from strawberry to cranberry — mass forest strawberry from late June

    78.ru

    Class C BOTH as START: mass from late June sets CORE START LATE_MONTH 06-21; July inside CORE; early August OUTER.

  • Men Today: where to pick berries in St Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast — strawberry through end of July

    Men Today

    Class C END: through end of July → CORE END MONTH 07-31 (MONTH last-day ≠ LATE_MONTH label).

  • TV St Petersburg / P. Glazkov: forest strawberry picking season in Leningrad Oblast

    TV St Petersburg

    Class C: земляника лесная (Glazkov); season start / ~two months picking — identity + soft timing.

  • 47news: Leningraders picking strawberries by the litre (June 2024)

    47news

    Class C 2024 TYPICAL: 25 June ripe forest picking (Luga) — START-side year support.

  • 47news: strawberries picked by the bucket in Leningrad Oblast (July 2026)

    47news

    Class C 2026: early July mass buckets — mid-CORE corroboration.

  • MR7: cloudberry and strawberry season in forests near St Petersburg (July 2025)

    MR7

    Class C 2025 TYPICAL: early July multi-district active season.

• Moscow Oblast(RU-MOS)

  JunJul

  BeginningActiveEnding

  Season

  mid-June – late July

  Confidence

  Approximate

  Evidence

  Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Wild v3 CORE (rule-card r2; seasonality-v3-wild-products-001). Pathway WILD-MULTIYEAR-C, APPROXIMATE: ≥3 TYPICAL years (2024–2026) + MULTI_DISTRICT. REGIONS Chernogolovka 2026: mid-June through late July → CORE START MID_MONTH 06-11, END LATE_MONTH 07-31. MK 2024 / Taldom 2025 / RBC 2024 (onset anomaly) / Kubarev 2026 are independent Class C corroboration. Garden strawberry and Fragaria viridis unused. Peak unset. Karelia/LO/Tver not copied.

  Sources

  • REGIONS.RU: forest strawberry season in Chernogolovka — mid-June to late July

    REGIONS.RU

    Class C BOTH as START: mid-June through late July sets CORE START MID_MONTH 06-11 and CORE END LATE_MONTH 07-31.

  • REGIONS.RU / OKA.fm: when to expect strawberry harvest in Moscow Oblast in 2026

    REGIONS.RU / OKA.fm

    Class C: wild/forest; mass toward late June; early-July peak — window corroboration, not sole bounds.

  • MK: Moscow Oblast berry places guide — strawberry late June–July

    MK

    Class C 2024 TYPICAL: late June–July; mid-June go-to-forest language.

  • RBC Life: strawberry season started in Moscow Oblast forests

    RBC Life

    Class C: forest vs garden; 2024 mid-June onset is EARLY_ANOMALY vs usual early-July — does not pull CORE START earlier than mid-June.

  • REGIONS.RU: Taldom forester — forest strawberry season in the second half of June

    REGIONS.RU / Mosoblles

    Class C 2025 TYPICAL: second half of June forest-strawberry collection season (MULTI_DISTRICT).

  • Mosregtoday / biologist Kubarev: forest strawberry season started in Moscow Oblast

    Mosregtoday / MSU

    Class C 2026: season underway; habitual timing — soft corroboration.

• Pskov Oblast(RU-PSK)

  JunJul

  BeginningActiveEnding

  Season

  June – mid-July

  Confidence

  Indicative

  Evidence

  Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Wild v3 CORE (r2; geography-pskov-001). WILD-MULTIYEAR-C INDICATIVE. CORE June – mid-July (Union + multi-district June; 60.ru mid-July close). Northern July–August OUTER. TYPICAL 2024–2025. Peak unset.

  Sources

  • Витаминная полянка

    Союз экологов Псковской области

    Class C START: forest strawberry begins ripening in June.

  • Первую землянику собирают

    Псковское агентство информации (ПАИ)

    Class C 2025: first strawberry Pechory/Ostrov.

  • Грибной сезон — 2024 index

    Псковская Лента Новостей

    Class C 2024: mid-June forest strawberry.

  • Грибы мешками, ягоды корзинами

    60.ru

    Class C END: closed strawberry season mid-July → MID_MONTH 07-20.

• Tver Oblast(RU-TVE)

  JunJul

  BeginningActiveEnding

  Season

  June – mid-July

  Confidence

  Indicative

  Evidence

  Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Wild v3 CORE (rule-card r2; seasonality-v3-wild-products-001). Pathway WILD-MULTIYEAR-C, INDICATIVE. TYPICAL: standing-KP + 2024–2026; geography DUAL_LOCALITY (KP map + Orsha/Kalinin). KP: June through mid-July → CORE START MONTH 06-01, END MID_MONTH 07-20. AiF 2025 mid-June open is START-side; TIA 2026 / TopTver 2024 corroborate (лесная vs garden). Peak unset. Neighbors not copied.

  Sources

  • AiF Tver: resident picked ripe strawberries (15 June 2025, Orsha)

    AiF Tver

    Class C START-side 2025: 15 June season open (Orsha) — dated June anchor; MONTH START 06-01 encodes KP “from June”.

  • KP Tver: best berry places near Tver — strawberry from June through mid-July

    KP Tver

    Class C BOTH as END: “through mid-July” sets CORE END MID_MONTH 07-20; same phrase supplies June START (recorded via AiF START row + evidenceNotes).

  • TIA: Tver forest expert — active strawberry picking (26 June 2026)

    TIA / Sergey Pospelov

    Class C 2026 TYPICAL: 26 June active forest picking (Kalinin) — mid-CORE.

  • TopTver: where to pick strawberries — forest vs garden (July 2024)

    TopTver

    Class C 2024: лесная vs garden; early-July onset; late-July still-in-season soft near END — does not extend CORE past KP mid-July.

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