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Rubus ursinus
Also called California Dewberry, Pacific Blackberry, Pacific Dewberry, Douglas Berry, Pacific Trailing Blackberry
California blackberry is a native North American trailing shrub that spreads by rooting canes and produces sweet, aromatic dark berries. It grows best with steady moisture during fruiting, and it is a common choice for home, wildlife and native plant gardens.
Rubus ursinus is a North American species of blackberry or dewberry, known by the common names California blackberry, California dewberry, Douglas berry, Pacific blackberry, Pacific dewberry and trailing blackberry.
Native Americans such as the Kumeyaay, Maidu, Pomo, Interior Salish, and Coast Salish peoples used R. ursinus as a fresh and dried fruit source and as a traditional medicinal plant. The Concow tribe calls this plant Gol-lē' in the Konkow language.
The plant is cultivated for its edible fruit and also ornamental plant qualities. It is planted in home, native plant, and wildlife gardens, and in natural landscaping projects. It can be espaliered or trained on fences and trellising. When mature/established, the plant is effective in stabilizing creek banks and edges of bioswales.
The plant is native to western North America, found mainly in British Columbia (Canada); California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington (Western U.S.); and Baja California state (Mexico).
Garden dewberry · Allegheny blackberry · Arctic blackberry · Giant Blackberry · Rubus biflorus · Dewberry · Cloudberry · White Stemmed Bramble · Korean Bramble · Rubus coriaceus · Korean Raspberry · Holy Bramble
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus ursinus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
