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Single ripe golden-yellow Salmonberry still on the shrub.

Alaska. Single ripe golden-yellow Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) hanging on the plant in July near Whittier. 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: 3304x4956 / 6.9MB; http://www.accentalaska.com/; 4/4/2007 Accent Alaska submissions Alaska Botany GROUP KEYWORDS IMAGE/COLOR/STYLE/FORMAT/NUMBERS Rubus spectabilis STYLE/PERSPECTIVE Southcentral Alaska berries berry picking close-up color day daylight daytime edible food food gathering fruit leaves nature outdoor outdoors outside plants salmonberry shrubs subsistence summer summertime vertical wild wild food wild shrubs chuck maas
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Alaska. Single ripe golden-yellow Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) hanging on the plant in July near Whittier. 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.