Plant

Salmonberry

Rubus spectabilis
Plant
Salmonberry

Photo: Wikimedia Commons via Wikipedia

Habitat
Near Cowlitz River on Columbia
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1806-03-27

Raspberry of Pacific Northwest, found along streams and wetlands. Pink flowers followed by early fruit too soft to dry.

In the NPS atlas of species the expedition described

Salmonberry

Plant · recorded by Lewis and Clark

Discovered near the Cowlitz River on the Columbia River. This is the raspberry of the Pacific Northwest, found along streams and wetlands. Pink flowers are followed by early fruit. Fruit is too soft to dry.

Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

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