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Salmonberries 7 images Created 6 Jul 2015

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  • The salmonberry is one of the most well-known and common (not to mention the earliest) seasonal berries of the Pacific Northwest. They grow anywhere where the soil is damp, and if found in areas where the ground isn't too soggy, then the fruit is sweet and delicious!
    Salmonberry
  • A perfectly ripe red salmonberry moments before being eaten on the western face of Washington's Rattlesnake Mountain.
    Salmonberry
  • The salmonberry is highly variable in color when ripe, ranging from a golden yellow, bright orange, to vivid red. Much like it's cousin the raspberry in both structure and texture, and are semi-hollow when picked. Historically a very important foodsource for the native peoples of the Pacific Northwest, not only the berries, but the new green shoots can be peeled and steamed as a vegetable.
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  • Golden salmonberries ripe for the picking. These sometimes delicious, sometimes mushy fruits provide food for many animals across the PNW from sea level to nearly the subalpine regions of the Cascades and Olympic Mountains.
    Salmonberry
  • An unusually bright red salmonberry at peak ripeness grows on the edge of Deep Lake near Enumclaw, WA. These native fruits are extremely common throughout the Pacific Northwest and have been important historically as a food source for thousands of years among the different tribes of Native Americans of the region.
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  • An unusual-colored salmonberry growing in the wetlands above Deep Lake in Thurston County, Washington.
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  • A bright red native salmonberry growing in Millersylvania State Park in Central Washington. Normally a light orange, there are a lot of regional and genetic differences between individual plants that produce a variety of colors and sugar-content across the American and Canadian Pacific Northwest.
    Salmonberry