In Oregon there is one native blackberry. The trailing blackberry, pacific blackberry and

In Oregon there is one native blackberry. The trailing blackberry, pacific blackberry and a couple other names. As kids we called mountain barbed wire, because while walking in the forest it would get around your ankles and scratch them. It is ripe now as shown in the photo. They are a little bit sour, but they taste good



The other photos of the green berries are called Himalayan blackberries. They were introduced with good intentions., but it is very invasive here. Although it is invasive it produces delicious fruit. They ripen at the end of july through August. In the photo all the berries are still green but the plants look loaded with potential
In Oregon there is one native blackberry. The trailing blackberry, pacific blackberry and