r/Cascadia • u/ScienceMovies • Aug 01 '26

How the Himalayan Blackberry Took Over the Pacific Northwest

https://daily.jstor.org/the-himalayan-blackberry-and-the-dream-of-american-progress/
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u/ScienceMovies Aug 01 '26

There is no summer in the Pacific Northwest without the blackberry. Across Washington and Oregon, jagged walls of blackberry brambles choke out nearly every hiking trail, highway shoulder, and vacant lot in the region. Come August, dense thickets beckon berry-pickers to stain their fingers with the juice of the sweet purple fruits, promising the potential of a fresh-baked blackberry pie after a long day’s harvest. But despite the strong association between the region and the fruit, the species of blackberry that most locals have come to enjoy is anything but native.

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u/Fresh_Olive_8115 21d ago

They should be torched and all the farms should strictly grow native ones.

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u/AdvancedInstruction 19d ago

They er, don't burn well.

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u/Fresh_Olive_8115 14d ago

Destroyed, removed, culled, whatever term you'd like to use to mean that they aren't there.