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Edible Wild Berries
By: Robert Penziol
High in antioxidants, vitamins, and nutrients Organically grown, not genetically
engineered Survival
Benefits
Appears in late summer and autumn
Ripe berries are black Grow on a bush Toothed, thorny,
compound leaves Clustered berries Small drupelets No poisonous
look-alikes
Blackberries/Dewberries
Yellow, white, purple, red, black No branches Bent over cane (stem of the plant)
Toothed, hairy leaves Clustered berries Small drupelets Prevent cancer
Rubus idaeus - Raspberries
Rubus spectabilis - Salmonberries
Large flowers Yellow, orange or deep
red Small drupelets Resembles a large
yellow to orange-red raspberry 1.5–2 cm long
Ripen June to August
Rubus parviflorus - Thimbleberries
Can be found at high altitude Larger, flatter, and softer than raspberries Dark red Patches of deciduous forests Eight inches diameter, hand-shaped leaves Later in the summer or into early autumn
Yellow, green, purple, red, pink, white
Usually have thorns Tart flavor Size: pea-small egg
Ribes uva-crispa - Wild-gooseberry
Vaccinium parvifolium – Red Huckleberry
Grow on shrubs, rootstocks, runners or perennial plants
Red to dark blue berry, 8mm in diameter Ripen in late August Simple, toothed leaves
Amelanchier alnifolia- Juneberry
Shrub, often grows in colonies White flowers, 2-3cm across Purple fruit Ripen in early summer
Evergreen shrub Often only 1ft tall Toothed, waxy, dark, glossy
leaves White, fuzzy berries Purple when ripe
Gaultheria shallon – Salal
Mahonia aquifolium - Oregon grape
Evergreen shrub, similar to holly
Found in partly sunny to full shaded, woody areas
Leaflets in groups of 5, 9, and 13
Small yellow flowers Ripen in late summer and fall Berries are in blue-black
clusters, frosted appearance
Ribes nigrum - Currant
Ripen in late summer Bush appearing to be a clump of many
different stems Alternately-spaced, lobed, toothed, pale
green leaves Berries grow in clusters of chains Can be red or black
Red Baneberry
Poisonous Berries Ivy
Yew
Pokeweed
Found in Forests, meadows, riverbanks, abandoned
fields and rural roadsides
Black and blue berries - yes Red and white - no No guaranteed easy method Consult a guidebook for local berries Never eat a berry without absolute certainty