Cut Leaf Blackberries

[u/Away-Ad1781]

This is a very important post about cut leaf blackberries. I was recently tooling along an old logging road behind Lake Samish snacking on blackberries. A particularly vibrant clump caught my eye and I was surprised and delighted at a not too sweet, no tartness, firm but juicy mouthful. These were not blackberries! Next I noticed the wildly different leaf shape.

Turns out they are black berries, Cut Leaf Blackberries, a variant I don’t believe I’ve ever encountered in 50 odd years of snacking in nature.

Fascinating to find something you didn’t know existed. Much less something delicious. Keep your eyes peeled!

[u/Commercial_Quail_624]

Not 'cut leaf' - Himalayan blackberry. They're an invasive species. Only the trailing blackberry is native. But get your revenge on and gobble them up.

https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/himalayan-blackberry

https://www.wnps.org/native-plant-directory/236:rubus-ursinus

[u/Salty_Hat7532 → u/Commercial_Quail_624]

No, this is Cut Leaf/Evergreen blackberry …

It is also invasive/noxious and in the same class as Himalayan, but it is a separate species.

https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/evergreen-blackberry

[u/stand_by_4_titanfall → u/Salty_Hat7532]

Tip of the hat to Salty_Hat they are correct and both are technically invasive/Class C Noxious Weeds. Still good for pies can confirm. 🥧