Best Wild Berries in the Pacific Northwest
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Wild berries of the pacific Northwest are a delight to hikers, campers and just berry pickers. Some are great fresh, others best cooked. many like the Oregon grape, chokecherry, and elderberries do best cooked, and strained for jelly, jams and sauces. If it's too difficult to get enough quantity, get the juice cooked and add the ones with small seeds after to make the best jam in the world.
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1.
Evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum)
thick, evergreen bushes . .
when ripe can be found in quantity.
4 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
2.
Red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
Causes indigestion if eaten raw , ,
cook down into sauces for desserts.
4 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
3.
Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
Related to blueberries and huckleberries, blueberry-like taste.
Makes great pie or used in pancakes, best addition to wild berry jam. Easy to get in quantity
3 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
4.
Trailing Blackberry or Dewberry (Rubus ursinus)
Difficult to find in quantity . .
Spectacularly sweet . . .ripe in early and mid-summer
found in partly-lit woods at low elevation and recently logged areas.
2 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
5.
Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus discolor)
Introduced species that has adapted so completely to the region it is considered a pest. The most picked berry for pies, jams, jellies, sauces, and wine.
2 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
6.
Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus)
Looks, tastes just like cultivated raspberries
1 point - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
7.
Black raspberry (Rubus leucodermis)
flavor is extraordinary, sweet. Difficult to get many.
1 point - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
8.
Oregon grapes (Mahonia aquifolium, M. nervosa and M.repans)
Three slightly different types of Oregon grapes in the Pacific Northwest all taste
extremely sour and astringent with small, hard seeds . .
Great in Jam. remove the large seeds.
1 point - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
9.
High Bush Cranberry (Viburnum edule)
1 point - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
10.
Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
also, Wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
0 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
11.
Beach Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis)
0 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
12.
Northern red currant (Ribes triste)
tart . .
cook up well
0 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
13.
Chokecherry
0 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
14.
Blue elderberry (Sambucus cerulea)
Produces prolifically . . To be eaten cooked like the red elderberry, this berry is used for jams, pies and wine
0 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
15.
Service berries, Juneberry
0 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
16.
Evergreen blackberry
Invasive introduction from Eurasia. Abundant fruit, Looks great but the taste is dull and bitter tasting. The thorns are the worst of all blackberries. A few as filler in jams is alright.
0 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
17.
Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
Ripens at the beginning of berry season . .
Grows in low elevation, often in the woods or sunny spots at the edge of the woods.tastes bitter and watery, but the birds like it. Good if you're lost in the woods and starving. Ok as a filler in jam in small quantities.
0 points - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
18.
Blue huckleberry (wild blueberry)
Best picking berry in the higher elevation. . . Usually on slopes in the mountains in sunny or semi-sunny areas. higher elevation than the red huckleberries. Great fresh or cooked.
-1 point - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
19.
Red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)
Grows in the woods at low elevation, Sour raw, but good flavor.
Great cooked in pies and jam
-1 point - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
20.
Thimbleberry or redcap (Rubus parvifloru)
Sweet yet tart. Great flavor. Low and high elevations.
Difficult to get enough, but makes the best jam.
-1 point - added 14 years ago by amelco7 -
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