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California blackberry

Rubus ursinusRosaceae

Native to California and is also found outside of California, but isconfined to western North America.

The flowers host beneficial insects and it is good creek-side for erosion control.

A deciduous climbing or trailing evergreen shrub.

Native blackberry is not aggressive like it's Himalayan cousin.

The berries are edible and tasty. Flowers hostbeneficial insects.

Good creek-side for erosion control.

Tolerates salt spray in shoreline and bluff plantings.

Flowers February – June and berries July-August

In the Garden

Native American peoples ate the berries fresh or preserved and adecoction of the roots was taken for diarrhea by the Kashaya Pomo peoples of California.

Ecological Value:

Historical Uses:

Native Distribution:

Between 0 and 4500 feetElevation:

Coastal Strand, Douglas-Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, MixedEvergreen Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, ValleyGrassland, Wetland-riparian

Plant Communities:

In canyons, coastal, streambanks, and disturbed placesHabitat:

Sun:Water: Light, Moderate

Full Sun, Part Shade

Soil: Clay, Loam, SandOther: Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant,

Erosion Control