A Video of the Ripe and Oh So Delicious Thimbleberry!

This is a short video of our ripe native Thimbleberry, (Rubus parviflorus), sometimes called redcaps in different stages of ripeness.
When ripe, the berry has a dark reddish hue easily spotted behind the plant's large velvety soft leaves. Berries can be seedy, hairy, and raspberry-like.
The ripe Thimbleberries melt into your mouth a burst of delicious sweetness follows as you look for more of these easily foraged early summer berries.
The hollow thimble-like shape is what gives these berries their name.
Thimbleberry shrubs have no thorns reaching three to four feet in height growing in dense thickets along roadways, trails, and streams.
Its large palmate-shaped three to seven-pointed leaves are covered in soft woolly hairs. The huge white, sometimes pinkish flowers stand out due to their larger than most Rubus species flowers.
Ripe Thimbleberries can be eaten fresh or dried into a fruit jerky. The tender spring plant shoots can be eaten raw or boiled.
Many bird species depend on these and other Rubus berry species for summer forage.
Thimbleberry grows along the west coast, the interior valleys, and into the foothills and higher reaches of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges. Enjoy!

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