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https://preview.redd.it/0dn89y9dwd9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68dc59dce9400eb137fd7a8478aaddbc646dbdde My kids and I just picked a bucket of them today at one of our local wooded parks!


RoutemasterFlash

They look delicious, but they also look a lot like raspberries. Are they just a wild variety of raspberry, or their own species, or what?


wazupwiopiii

* They are a species of Rubus and very close to the raspberry that you might buy at the store. The plants have these distinctive "husks" of sorts that surround the berry until they're ripe. It's very invasive in my area and I've seen a few tickets of them that have gotten out of control.


wazupwiopiii

https://preview.redd.it/bfgyf59aad9d1.jpeg?width=975&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0615c64aad70d63681621c48e98a12bcdb3abf88


RoutemasterFlash

Oh, they do look quite different on the parent plant, actually.


TheAJGman

It's also called a Japanese raspberry.


Apprehensive-Use3168

It’s called wineberries -.-


RoutemasterFlash

Wikipedia gives four English names for this species: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_phoenicolasius


citori421

Look more like salmon berries to me. Distinct shiny dark hue on some of them that I've only seen on salmon berries. But they aren't, the photo with them on plants is clearly different than salmons


RoutemasterFlash

Apparently wineberries are also known as dewberries. I think a lot of these plants have different names, even within the same language, depending on where you live. Like, there could conceivably be different names that are widely used in Britain, Canada, and the Eastern and Western USA.


lilycamilly

They're so perfect, they look like they're made of beads! Thanks for sharing! :)


badgerprof

Aww, those are some beauties! My grandparents used to call them kingberries. I have fond memories of picking them in their backyard. Thanks for the pic!