Wild Allegheny Blackberry / Dewberry (Rubus allegheniensis)

Family: Rosaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Vigorous thorny native bramble producing sweet, glossy, aromatic black aggregate drupelets along sunny forest clearings and logging roads.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Berries, Shoots, Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Sweet, juicy, intensely aromatic, and rich with deep winey wild berry depth. — Eaten warm off the thorny canes on sunny summer mornings; Cooked into wild blackberry jam with pectin and lemon juice; Wild blackberry cobblers and rustic cast iron crumbles; Young tender spring shoots peeled and eaten raw

Habitat & North American Range

Open woods, forest clearings, old pastures, mountain edges, and roadsides. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)