Dendrology of the Tolowa Dunes State Park 1 | Page 34

Rubus spectablis

salmon berry

Habitat:

Occurs on moist sites from Alaska southward to the Santa Cruz Mountains in California, eastward to Idaho and Montana, abundant near the Oregon and northern California coast (Randall et al 1988).

An erect moist site shrub 3’ to 10’ tall, with light brown exfoliating bark. Leaves deciduous, pinnately compound with 3 oval leaflets, 1” to 3” long; shiny dark green and smooth to wrinkled above, paler and pubescent below. Single flowers pink to dark red. Fruit salmon colored to red to reddish purple. Stems green with reddish tinge, and armed; older stems bark is orange brown and armed (Randall et al 1988).

Courtesy USDA Plants Database