Salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis

Ripe berry

Developing and ripening berries

Flowers in bloom

Leaves and twigs with unripe berries
Thicket-forming deciduous shrub that grows 2-7 feet. Flower between April-July, with fruit maturing in early July in warmer places and as late as August in cooler climates. Fruit is very seedy. Typically found in coastal areas.
Fruit typically eaten by birds, bears, and small mammals. Leaves and twigs browsed by herbivores in spring like moose, mountain goats, and rabbits.
Works Cited:
Leslie A. Viereck and Elbert L. Little, Jr. Alaska Trees and Shrubs. University of Alaska Press: Fairbanks, AK, 1972, 233.
Janice J. Schofield. Alaska Wild Plants: A Guide to Alaska’s Edible Harvest
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Image Credits
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Ripe berry
🅭2009 Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0
Developing and ripening berries
🅭2005 pfly, CC BY-SA 2.0
Flowers in bloom
🅭1998 Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0
Leaves and twigs with unripe berries
🅭2012 Jesse Taylor, CC BY-SA 3.0



