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Wild Blackberries

Rubus

Photo by misako
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Description:

Spotted these blackberries while hiking in Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Oakland, CA. I am not sure if they are the native California Blackberry, the flowers look different. They were pretty tasty!

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Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Oakland, CA.

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EOL: Rubus, Blackberry

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Comments (4)
misako
they were very yummy! :)
misako
@MicheleEvans-Ito: Agreed--but I was more afraid of the poison oak. Of course it was growing near the most ripe berries.
misako
@MicheleEvans-Ito: it was really fun picking them in the "wild." I had only done that once before in Sebastopol, CA.

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