Rather than searching randomly, it's often faster to think
about habitat first. Once you know what kind of ground
a plant prefers, you can go looking for that ground
and find the plant much more reliably.

Nettle, lambsquarters, ground elder, and fireweed all favour
disturbed, nitrogen-rich soil — old building sites, compost edges,
places where something organic has broken down, recently cleared land.

Plantain and dandelion both thrive in compacted soil —
footpaths, lawns, the edges of pavements — places many other
plants find too dense and dry to establish in.

Chickweed and ground elder both prefer cooler, shadier conditions —
the north side of buildings, under hedges, shaded garden corners
that get less direct sun through the day.

Bilberry and lingonberry both favour acidic soil under conifers —
the classic Finnish forest floor habitat. Lingonberry tends
toward slightly drier ground than bilberry.

Cloudberry and cranberry both need genuinely wet, boggy ground —
sphagnum moss, standing water nearby, soft uneven terrain
that's worth wearing proper waterproof footwear for.

Sea buckthorn favours coastal conditions — sandy or rocky shorelines,
open and wind-exposed ground, often in dense thorny thickets
right along the coast itself.

Raspberry, fiddlehead fern, and fireweed all favour the edges
of forests and recently cleared or disturbed woodland —
ecotones, as covered in section 1.2, where light and moisture
both increase compared to dense forest interior.