I live in one of those little spots near Texas' coast that strawberries pop up at. Strawberries aren't native here, but Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, introduced strawberries here after a hurricane devastated the area in 1900. They grow here wild now.
I bet other outliers on this map have some pretty interesting stories too.
No but they do look like black berries. The one's I've had in the wild are just super bitter without much flavor. Give it some years of agricultural breeding and maybe it could be as tasty as anything.
The ones I tried were more orange than red. They were a little bit sour but not too much. I don't know if they were fully ripe either but I liked them.
Blueberries also grow freaking everywhere in the Interior and South Central of Alaska, and presumably in the Southeast and most of the rest of the land, too. ┗(•ˇ_ˇ•)―
It's interesting to me that potatoes, alfalfa, wheat, soybeans, corn, and hops aren't native to the PNW since they grow fucktons of them as main staple crops here. Agriculture is rarely native species.
Blueberries are such awesome landscape plants. They flower in white, berry in blue, attract LOADS of birds, and then fade away into fall in the brightest red you ever did see, all while being naturally pest and disease resistant.
We're in Shenandoah Valley.. we have a 4-seasons berry thicket thanks to native Blueberries, blackberries, Serviceberry, elderberry, then finally American Cranberrys and snowberries 🥰 The blueberry and serviceberry bushes frame the patch and keep it neat, they're beautiful plants!
:( Boo. I looked it up and it seems they are grown in almost the exact same area as salmonberry. I hope this brings you peace, fellow raspberry enjoyer.
I lived in Pierce Co, and we used to have wild salmonberries and blackberries all over the place. Picked salmonberry bushes clean as soon as they were ripe. So tasty.
Way too many of those berries showed up in southern Nevada for me to believe one lick of it. Even the junipers struggle at the lower elevations, no way those delicate water requiring berries are going to do better. Though idk if it's trying to show a range for naturally occuring wild plants (escaped cultivars) or just where they *could* grow or maybe where they *are* grown, there's too little data. But berries do not occur in southern NV without a LOT of effort and coddling.
You've got that one river, a few hundred yards either side might grow berries lol. I don't see many blue, cran, logan, huckle around here either, not because the climate ain't right, but because it's all under cultivation or "picked out" probably. The stuff that is okay in hedgerows like blackberry and strawberry I see. So IDK whether there should be other blank spots purely from human overharvest in past.
Mulberries and black berries do quite well year after year with minimum fuss and after the second summer, no water. Black berries love wooden fences, just get a staple gun.
Native straw berries are gold. They require partial shade and damp. I've seen native roses go under. But straw berries persist despite rabbits, unlike roses.
We happen to have a mulberry bush in our yard. Each year it starts dropping berries... half of them on our driveway. I've started collecting them & sharing them with friends. You can't find them in stores because mulberry shelf life is terrible; by 2 days they'll start to mold. I hear you can freeze or can them - I have no experience in canning anything though
I made some really good mulberry jam this summer. This was my first time making anything from them. I saw a person in the pies sub that made a lovely pie. There are several mulberry trees in our town that no one seems to harvest and i think I can get as many as I want.
Yep, I love mulberries, I used to get them at a big bush by the library as a kid, but they eventually cut it down after complaints of cars being stained. The juice is a pretty strong dye, to be fair.
I had a whole hill of it. Frost grape grew over it in one summer, and now, no more Himalayan black berry. I hope the kudzu I had also doesn't come back. But I do love me some wine berries
The vines are pretty easy, and are wild. Or at least unkempt. I've not harvested them for anything yet. I'm still exploring my property to see what the original owners (late 1800s) might have planted. I even have a huckleberry bush in the crook of an old black lotus, 15 ft in the air.
Ugh, yea, western Washington, they are such a pain. They just take over. Though it is cool to rent goats and watch them eat over grown areas with blackberries.
That's quitter talk. You get in there with a hedge trimmer, shovel, digging bar, gasoline, leather gloves, jacket, chaps, boots. Burn all the vines in a barrel or pile as you cut them. Leave a little "bush" where they grow out of the ground so you know where to dig. Dig up the roots and dig deep. Once you've dug up the roots pour gas on the ground where they grew and toss the root ball in the burn pile.
whyforetho
I live in one of those little spots near Texas' coast that strawberries pop up at. Strawberries aren't native here, but Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, introduced strawberries here after a hurricane devastated the area in 1900. They grow here wild now.
I bet other outliers on this map have some pretty interesting stories too.
IlluminaBlade
We've gone three hours without someone commenting about how it destroyed 97% of biodiversity, did they introduce a harmless plant?
DanimalRC
She has … lingonberry pancakes.
mikeatike
Ligma berries.
salunatics
What about Boo-berries and Franken-berries?
northernmt
Sorry it is January. They are never found in their native habitat this time of year.
thrashingcows
Had to come back to upvote this…+1
putcleverusernamehere
Thank you berry much
donfather2k
I also found this berry interesting to watch
wikkit
Watch out for the barberry pirates.
ItTookMeAGoodWhileToComeUpWithAUsername
And now I want the ultimate berry jam that contains all of them at once
onionsandpetunias
Hmm, at the farmers market where I live, someone sells a four-berry blend jam and calls it Traffic Jam. Don’t remember what four berries are in it.
PlaceHolderTitle
GuruGloin
Do Holly berries grow in North America?
JackScagnetti1
Yes we have them in the south east
ProbablyOnlyOnce
They grow a ton here in Washington, but it's all invasive English holly.
Anonaru
We have a native American Holly, with a prominent presence here in the Shenandoah Valley. They're BEAUTIFUL when mature, absolutely covered in berries
5NoteHalf
I didn't realize barberry was that sparse.
somnif
The US gov tried to wipe it out from 1918 to the mid 70s. It harbors a fungus that devastates wheat, so, it had to go.
somnif
https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/apsnetfeatures/Pages/Barberry.aspx
Shapster
Plant City FL is the largest producer if winter strawberries. IN THE WORLD IF NOT THE UNIVERSE
JJ626
Hahaha was looking for this exact fact!
TheDogmotherII
Me too
Kurchak
And I'm allergic to all berries
GravyEducation
I'm your huckleberry
ulfgarBentbeak
Funny how the phrase has become synonymous with the old west when so little of what we think of as the old west would have had the huckleberry.
mikeatike
I think of Huckleberry Finn, but the coverage didn't appear to include the Mississippi River.
Theslipofashipcansinkalip
Most of the people there migrated from the east, so.
zoltarpanaflex
Of course they brought forth juniper berries - they're juniper bushes!
keillrandor
Does the Salmonberry have a Fin(n)?
ItSeemsYouHaveSufferedaTerribleFate
excableguy
I've tried some wild ones in Oregon. They weren't all that sweet but they were not even the slightest bit bitter.
ItSeemsYouHaveSufferedaTerribleFate
The ones I tried were dark so I figured they were ripe. Perhaps I was wrong!
excableguy
The ones I tried were more orange than red. They were a little bit sour but not too much. I don't know if they were fully ripe either but I liked them.
ItSeemsYouHaveSufferedaTerribleFate
Huh, interesting. Yea mine were sour/bitter enough to make me cringe up a bit haha
TheUglyGuy
It's interesting to me that blueberries aren't native to the Pacific Northwest since they grow fucktons of them here south of Portland OR.
imakesoap
They grow a bunch in southern CA too
Stoneleigh219
Hi Neighbor!
theokaychick
The location of cranberries surprised the fuck out of me. Like not a PNW thing… what. There’s so many bogs over here.
EchoOfSnac
Blueberries also grow freaking everywhere in the Interior and South Central of Alaska, and presumably in the Southeast and most of the rest of the land, too. ┗(•ˇ_ˇ•)―
ChoovaMonster
It's interesting to me that potatoes, alfalfa, wheat, soybeans, corn, and hops aren't native to the PNW since they grow fucktons of them as main staple crops here. Agriculture is rarely native species.
mondomar
Yeah, I call a bit of bs on this map
JayCrossing
Nova Scotia is the blueberry Capital of the world apparently.
imgurmage
I didn't know lingonberry grew in Canada. For some reason I just assumed it was a European berry.
EmeraldLight
Ditto!
paladindansesgirlfriend
Me too! It must only grow at IKEA’s
brandsilven
Ah, so the "Barberry Coast" is in the Gulf of California! I had always thought it was in northern Africa! (yes, it's a dumb joke, sorry)
ButtplugHandGrenade
No dingle?
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
Those come from down under.
pfunk81
I fondly remember picking dingleberries in the alley.
bardman135
DidItForScience
No poo bears either.
dudethisbetternotbetaken
It's not region specific. You instead find them clinging to the hind fur of moose, deer, bears, and the occasional human.
fnoigy
Already ate them
randomguy365
somf
fierofool
They really did miss a great opportunity there
diezl97
Not with a bidet :D
bluesnow6
Most people are trying to wipe it away..............
Rockafella83
What about Black Betty ? No wait
sparmek
One small dot in mar-lago.
backrideup9
A few hundred dots all huddled together in Washington DC.
DarkTheme439
In Washington DC only
Apeofdeath
Further South
VindictiveBathToaster
Mar Alargo?
NirvanaNik
The deep south. *Little Nicky laugh*
7hatsBollocks
Wa... why are we laughing?
swedeonamoose
Missing cloudberry, makes for such a yummy jam on scandinavian waffles with some whipped cream
rawrberry
I was waiting for the cloudberry. Now I have to go back to Sweden to get more of them.
straha242
Just watch out for the deathsquitos!
Thatknifeguy
Ever since the Plains I've wanted to try cloudberries
Hurch
Fortunately, they got severely nerfed. Players got tired of being one-shotted and complained about it.
straha242
Oh! Haven't kept up with the changelogs, but that explains them feeling not as bad as they used to.
canadianreserve
June Berry is known as the "Saskatoon berry". June Berry was the name people used thousands of years later because they disliked native Americans.
EmeraldLight
I was wondering about saskatoons! Thanks for the info!
DamnThursdays
Blackberry and Blueberry are top tier berries.
Clayman8
What about Chuck?
cosonfused
Now i wanna try them all.
excableguy
Not snowberry.
cosonfused
poisonous i assume?
excableguy
In large enough portions, will get you an upset stomach, but they taste nasty. I wouldn't be able to eat enough to get the shits.
Theslipofashipcansinkalip
I love stuff with maps.
MisterLemons
Blueberries are such awesome landscape plants. They flower in white, berry in blue, attract LOADS of birds, and then fade away into fall in the brightest red you ever did see, all while being naturally pest and disease resistant.
Anonaru
We're in Shenandoah Valley.. we have a 4-seasons berry thicket thanks to native Blueberries, blackberries, Serviceberry, elderberry, then finally American Cranberrys and snowberries 🥰 The blueberry and serviceberry bushes frame the patch and keep it neat, they're beautiful plants!
TheSlouchOfBethlehem
did a blueberry write this
MisterLemons
Disembowleeh
No raspberry :(
astrangehop
😛
Ryncakes
:( Boo. I looked it up and it seems they are grown in almost the exact same area as salmonberry. I hope this brings you peace, fellow raspberry enjoyer.
PineappleLoopsBroether
Raspberries are great, but the blue ones are really good
Doesnotafraid
Where I live has a berry high diversity. Wacom co WA.
sayessathe1st
I lived in Pierce Co, and we used to have wild salmonberries and blackberries all over the place. Picked salmonberry bushes clean as soon as they were ripe. So tasty.
ProbablyOnlyOnce
Hey neat! Hi, neighbor!
pfshfine
Do you mean Whatcom?
nothebees
Was waiting for the snozzberry
Pokegeologist
Just gotta pick 'em yourself.
Icantevenbruh
I once convinced my mum that my sister had a snozzberry tree in her front yard. If I hadn’t busted out laughing, she would still believe it.
ssmelodies
Alistairetheblu
notblubber
What do those taste like?
pravetz
I was going to tell you but was curious if you like Mexico first
youreathing
Snozzberries
ConfederacyOfDunces
What do those taste like?
MrStealYourGiF
Mulberry seems not that uncommon in Eastern Ontario, so makes me wonder how accurate the rest is.
danafSparkleStar
I live in Idaho and the map doesn't show it here and we have quite a few.
IHaveGreatKittenRecipes
Way too many of those berries showed up in southern Nevada for me to believe one lick of it. Even the junipers struggle at the lower elevations, no way those delicate water requiring berries are going to do better. Though idk if it's trying to show a range for naturally occuring wild plants (escaped cultivars) or just where they *could* grow or maybe where they *are* grown, there's too little data. But berries do not occur in southern NV without a LOT of effort and coddling.
MrStealYourGiF
You've got that one river, a few hundred yards either side might grow berries lol. I don't see many blue, cran, logan, huckle around here either, not because the climate ain't right, but because it's all under cultivation or "picked out" probably. The stuff that is okay in hedgerows like blackberry and strawberry I see. So IDK whether there should be other blank spots purely from human overharvest in past.
JackalopeElope
Mulberries and black berries do quite well year after year with minimum fuss and after the second summer, no water. Black berries love wooden fences, just get a staple gun.
onecowboytoo
Blackberries are a noxious weed. Go for the Marion berry.
ItSeemsYouHaveSufferedaTerribleFate
The black berries in WA are so invasive you can see bushes of them for miles along the highway.
LateNightBunnyParty
I've got mulberries, blackberries, and dewberries that grow well out here. Haven't seen them in ages, but grew up eating wild strawberries too.
JackalopeElope
Native straw berries are gold. They require partial shade and damp. I've seen native roses go under. But straw berries persist despite rabbits, unlike roses.
mindstorm8191
We happen to have a mulberry bush in our yard. Each year it starts dropping berries... half of them on our driveway. I've started collecting them & sharing them with friends.
You can't find them in stores because mulberry shelf life is terrible; by 2 days they'll start to mold.
I hear you can freeze or can them - I have no experience in canning anything though
danafSparkleStar
I made some really good mulberry jam this summer. This was my first time making anything from them. I saw a person in the pies sub that made a lovely pie. There are several mulberry trees in our town that no one seems to harvest and i think I can get as many as I want.
JackalopeElope
Just rinse and freeze Mulberries and eat them on your cereal, still frozen. Rice Crispy Mulberries!!!
theskepticinme
Look up a jam recipe to extend shelf life. So easy and good
nicelyvillainous
Yep, I love mulberries, I used to get them at a big bush by the library as a kid, but they eventually cut it down after complaints of cars being stained. The juice is a pretty strong dye, to be fair.
TheSlouchOfBethlehem
And if you don't like where you put the blackberry bush, tough shit, it's permanent
whatbuttondoipush
Find the crown and pour boiling water on it.
Onebigcanuck
Gasoline and a match do a pretty good job of relocating blackberries.
lurkerthatoccationallywantstocomment
Himalayan black berry is not native to the Americas. It's a constant battle
morgulking75
I had a whole hill of it. Frost grape grew over it in one summer, and now, no more Himalayan black berry. I hope the kudzu I had also doesn't come back. But I do love me some wine berries
Taalii
How hard are the grapes to grow and maintain?
morgulking75
The vines are pretty easy, and are wild. Or at least unkempt. I've not harvested them for anything yet. I'm still exploring my property to see what the original owners (late 1800s) might have planted. I even have a huckleberry bush in the crook of an old black lotus, 15 ft in the air.
JackalopeElope
Spoken like someone without an hatched, a winch, and a rototiller. I have access to both industry and petrol. ***Bow to your new god!!!***
KellyCrazyCatLadyinTraining
Haha! Nice!
putcleverusernamehere
LOL this guy knows
zoeytg
Ugh, yea, western Washington, they are such a pain. They just take over. Though it is cool to rent goats and watch them eat over grown areas with blackberries.
onecowboytoo
I have been fighting the blackberries for 4 years since I moved into this house.
imgurmage
That's quitter talk. You get in there with a hedge trimmer, shovel, digging bar, gasoline, leather gloves, jacket, chaps, boots. Burn all the vines in a barrel or pile as you cut them. Leave a little "bush" where they grow out of the ground so you know where to dig. Dig up the roots and dig deep. Once you've dug up the roots pour gas on the ground where they grew and toss the root ball in the burn pile.
TheSlouchOfBethlehem
StellarJay77
And don't expect anything else to grow properly there again for the next 5-10 years.
imgurmage
It's better than letting stickers take over your yard, lol.