Native thimbleberry spotted thriving on a Seattle street
iNaturalist: sabydaby
Native Plants
If you're walking a Pacific Northwest neighborhood in summer, those big velvety leaves and raspberry-like fruit belong to a native plant that feeds birds and pollinators without any help from a gardener.
Someone out for a walk in Seattle spotted a thimbleberry plant and logged it on iNaturalist, where other naturalists confirmed the identification, making it an official research-grade record. Thimbleberry is a native Pacific Northwest shrub with soft maple-shaped leaves and a fruit that looks like a flattened raspberry, and finding it thriving along a city street shows how native plants can persist even in developed urban areas.
Key Findings
Observation reached 'research-grade' status on iNaturalist, meaning the species ID was confirmed by community consensus
Location documented: 39th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, a residential urban corridor
Rubus parviflorus (thimbleberry) is native to western North America and commonly found in Pacific Northwest understory and edge habitats
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A citizen scientist confirmed a healthy thimbleberry plant growing wild in a Seattle neighborhood, adding a verified record of this native berry to public biodiversity data.
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thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) observed in 39th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, US
Research-grade observation of thimbleberry in 39th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, US.
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Rubus parviflorus, the fruit of which is commonly called the thimbleberry or redcap, is a species of Rubus with large hairy leaves and no thorns.