Native trailing blackberry confirmed growing wild in LA County
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Native Plants
If you're restoring a native garden or hiking LA's canyons, this low-growing blackberry is a groundcover you can identify and even forage from, not an invasive lookalike.
Someone spotted a trailing blackberry vine in Los Angeles County and logged it on iNaturalist, where other experts checked the photos and confirmed the ID. This plant is native to the West Coast, unlike the invasive Himalayan blackberry that often gets confused with it, and it produces small tasty berries while sprawling along the ground instead of growing into tall canes.
Key Findings
Observation reached 'research-grade' status on iNaturalist, meaning the species ID was confirmed by community consensus
Rubus ursinus (trailing blackberry) is native to western North America, distinguishing it from the introduced Himalayan blackberry
Location documented specifically within Los Angeles County, California
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A citizen scientist confirmed a research-grade sighting of trailing blackberry, a native California vine, growing wild in Los Angeles County.
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trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus) observed in Los Angeles County, US-CA, US
Research-grade observation of trailing blackberry in Los Angeles County, US-CA, US.
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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.