Thimbleberry - Identification and Description

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Thimbleberry - Rubus parviflorus
Thimbleberry is a wild berry found throughout western North America and in the Great Lakes Region. It's edible and also has medicinal properties. It is identified and described in this video.
Description
1.5 to 7 foot tall stems that are thornless with leaves that are large and resemble maple leaves. The have five lobes and toothed edges. The fruit grow from white flowers. The fruits are raspberry-like, sweet, and velvety in appearance.
Distribution
Thimbleberries are found throughout western North America and also in the Great Lakes Region. They are shade tolerant and can be found in open areas, shrub lands, riparian zones, and in the understory of coniferous, deciduous, and mixed forests.
Edible
The berries are delicious. They are soft and also don't all ripen at the same time, so they weren't traditionally gathered in large quantities for processing. Typically they would be mixed in with other berries such as blackberries or raspberries.
the young shoots are edible and were peeled and eaten raw or cooked.
Medicinal
Thimbleberry leaf tea is gently astringent and has been used during pregnancy to prepare for birth and also post-partum to reduce inflammation and swelling.
The large soft leave can also be used as a biodegradable emergency toilet paper!
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*Please consume wild plants at your own risk! Consult multiple reliable sources before consuming any wild plants! This video is for information and entertainment only!*
References
Kloos, Scott. Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants. Timber Press, Inc. 2017
MacKinnon, A. Edible and Medicinal Plants of Canada. Lone Pine Media Productions (BC) Ltd. 2014.
Turner, N. J. Food Plants of Interior First Peoples. Royal BC Museum. 2014
Parish, R.; Coupe, R.; and Lloyd, D. Plants of the Inland Northwest and Southern Interior British Columbia. BC Ministry of Forests and Lone Pine Publishing. 2018
Wiles, Briana. Mountain States Medicinal Plants. Timber Press Inc. 2018.
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@graceoverall 3 месяца назад

I'm Oregonian, born and raise and run into these whenever I go on hikes. They are my favorite berry on the planet, but SO delicate! I would LOVE to make a jam out of them, but I doubt it's possible for the reasons stated at the end of this video.

@OkanaganGardenerandForager 3 месяца назад

Yeah, I think you'd need some really big patches, but maybe it's possible!

@glorykennemer6916 Год назад

We have Thimbleberries growing all along the fence and through the fence in our garden. They've actually been coming up for at least 3 years. Because the plant reminded me of a blackberry plant, minus the thorns, I let it survive. This year the shoots have taken up about 30 feet of chain length fence by four feet deep and seven feet tall where I first noticed them, and thins out to the farther distance, where they become sparser and progressively shorter. They are in full sun light and create there own shade. We have a bumper crop right now and are eating until satiated daily.

@OkanaganGardenerandForager Год назад

Wow! That sounds pretty cool!

@athenaferguson910 Год назад

We just found these on our hike today, excited to learn about a new edible berry to forage.

@OkanaganGardenerandForager 4 месяца назад

Awesome! I love finding new berries!

@caveman3096 Год назад

Lots of thimble berries in the kewenaw penninsula of Michigan. Tasty to munch on while hiking around Brockway Mountain. Fortunately I never had to wipe my ass on the leaves but looks like it would work in a pinch for sure. Good video

@OkanaganGardenerandForager Год назад

Thank you!

@Pixics 3 года назад

Never seen thimbles berry before. Yum. Thanks for sharing, this is very informative.

@OkanaganGardenerandForager 3 года назад

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

@mrzebra731 Год назад

I found some of these hiking in Idaho. Of course I had to taste them (thankfully they weren’t poisonous). They have a very interesting flavor. Like a tangy, or even slightly spicy raspberry.

@OkanaganGardenerandForager 4 месяца назад

I'm glad they weren't poisonous, haha! Yeah, they're good.

@tamerajohnson7747 4 месяца назад

i found what i thought was a baby tree trying to grow in the hollowed out side of a tree in my yard. I told my daughter to let it grow maybe it would fuse with the tree and help it heal. Then this year at the end of april i noticed it had spread so i looked it over. it has little berries here and there. No thorns and maple looking leaves. I have been looking all over just to identify this. Glad to know what it is finally and know its edible so no one accidentally dies.

@OkanaganGardenerandForager 4 месяца назад

Nice! That's really cool.