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Ripe red Salmonberries still on the shrub.

Alaska. Ripe red Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis) hanging from the shrub near Whittier in July. Among the earliest of wild berries to ripen, they look similar to very large raspberries and range in color from a golden-yellow to deep red. The wild shrub is abundant in moist areas near the coast with canes to seven feet, often forming dense thickets. A widely used subsistence food, salmonberries have been gathered by all northwest coastal native peoples. Fruit has a watery consistency with a mild flavor some find insipid, but others consider to be among the best.

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Image Size: 4021x3217 / 8.9MB; http://www.accentalaska.com/; 4/4/2007 Accent Alaska submissions Alaska Botany GROUP KEYWORDS Rubus spectabilis Southcentral Alaska berries berry picking color day daylight daytime edible food food gathering fruit horizontal leaves nature outdoor outdoors outside plants salmonberry shrubs subsistence summer summertime wild wild food wild shrubs chuck maas
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Alaska. Ripe red Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis) hanging from the shrub near Whittier in July. Among the earliest of wild berries to ripen, they look similar to very large raspberries and range in color from a golden-yellow to deep red. The wild shrub is abundant in moist areas near the coast with canes to seven feet, often forming dense thickets. A widely used subsistence food, salmonberries have been gathered by all northwest coastal native peoples. Fruit has a watery consistency with a mild flavor some find insipid, but others consider to be among the best.