We have these berries in the Arb. Not all ripen now, but many
are developing fruit. Salmonberry may have finished fruiting.
EDIBLE NOT EDIBLE
black huckleberry
twinberry
red huckleberry
bearberry
blackcap raspberry
snowberry
gooseberry
red
elderberry
thimbleberry
osoberry
salmonberry
coffeeberry
strawberry
red flowering
currant
salal
Oregon grape
For the older students to find these in any reasonable
length of time you need to flag them beforehand as with
surveyor's tape.
These are not all proper, botanical berries, but they are
all small, fleshy fruits.
"Not edible" means it tastes bad or may be somewhat toxic.
NOTE: Positive identification of anything you eat from the wild is
critical for your continued good health; while not grown in
the Arb, the Arcata, California area hosts some deadly plants such
as the Poison Hemlock.
We did not plant blackberry in the Arb because it would take
over the whole place. As well as a native blackberry in
California, there is the introduced, very aggressive Himalaya blackberry.
It has thick stems and big thorns.