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The Flora of Mount ShastaThimbleberryRose Family (Roseaceae) Rubus parviflorus |
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The Flora of Mount ShastaThimbleberryRose Family (Roseaceae) Rubus parviflorus |
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Flower: White to pink
Blooms: May to July
Leaves: Simple, 3 to 8 inch diameter with 3 to 5 palmate lobes, serrate margins
Height: A shrub 2 to 6 feet high
Stem: Weak, canelike, unarmed stem
Found: Widely distributed geographically and elevationally on moist, shady sites
Tidbits: Thimbleberries were used fresh and dried, pounded with meat to form pemmican. A fair to outstanding wildlife browse plant. The fruit is eaten by birds and mammals.
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