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Common Blackberry – Rubus Allegheniensis: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Cordial Bramble of Wild Plants

June 26, 2020 by Rachel of the Woods 2 Comments
Common Blackberry - Rubus Allegheniensis

Common blackberry syn. Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) is a cordial wild edible and medicinal bramble. It’s distinguishable from black raspberries by having a core instead of being hollow inside when harvested (second picture down this page). There are around 50 species of black and raspberries in North America and up here in the north, aren’t we …

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Wild Red Raspberry – Rubus Idaeus Var. Strigosus: Edible & Medicinal Uses of a Berry Sweet Wild Plant

June 19, 2020 by Rachel of the Woods 1 Comment
Wild Red Raspberry Syn. American Red Raspberry - Rubus Idaeus Var. Strigosus

Wild red raspberry syn. American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus var. strigosus) is one of hundreds of wild edible and medicinal brambles. Its fruit is not a true berry, but a cluster of drupelets. So, yeah, bananas are berries and raspberries are not. Around Haliburton you’ll also find purple-flowering raspberry (Rubus odoratus), which will be covered …

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Posted in: Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tagged: American crows, American martens, American robins, Antiemetic, Astringent, Black bears, Blue jays, Brown thrashers, Cedar waxwings, Chipmunks, Common grackles, Digestive, Dye, Eastern cottontails, Eastern kingbirds, Eastern phoebes, Edible parts, Fishers, Found in fields, Found in roadsides, Found in sandy open areas, Found in shrubby areas, Full sun, Gray catbirds, Great crested flycatchers, Grosbeaks, Indigo buntings, Integumentary, Medicinal parts, Mice, Moist soil, Moose, Native to Ontario, Northern flickers, Partial shade, Perennial, Raccoons, Red foxes, Red-eyed vireos, Reproductive, Rosaceae/Rose family, Ruffed grouse, Rufous-sided towhees, Snowshoe hares, Squirrels, Veery, Well drained soil, White flowers, White-tailed deer, White-throated sparrows, Wild turkey, Wood thrushes, Woodcocks
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