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Rubus spectabilis (Salmonberry) is a species of Rubus native to the west coast of North America from southern Alaska south to California. Frederick Traugott Pursh (or Friedrich Traugott Pursch ( 1774 - 11 July 1820) was a German - American Botanist. Rubus is a large Genus of Flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
It is an erect shrub growing to 1–4 m tall, with (unlike many other species in the genus) perennial, not biennial woody stems. A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than A biennial plant is a flowering Plant that takes two years to complete its lifecycle. The leaves are trifoliate, 7–22 cm long, the terminal leaflet larger than the two side leaflets. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. The flowers are 2–3 cm diameter, with five purple petals; they are produced from early spring to early summer. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also A petal (from Ancient Greek petalon "leaf" "thin plate" regarded as a highly modified leaf is one member or part of the corolla The fruit matures in late summer to early autumn, and resembles a large yellow to orange-red raspberry 1. The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. The raspberry (plural raspberries) is the edible Fruit of a multitude of plant species in the subgenus Idaeobatus of the genus Rubus 5-2 cm long with many drupelets. In Botany, a drupe is a Fruit in which an outer fleshy part ( Exocarp, or skin and Mesocarp, or flesh surrounds a shell (the pit [1][2]
Salmonberries are found in moist forests and stream margins especially in the coastal forests. They often form large thickets, and thrive in the open spaces under stands of Red Alder (Alnus rubra). Alnus rubra ( red alder) is a Deciduous Tree native to western North America.
In Kodiak, Alaska, orange salmonberries are often referred to as "Russian berries".
Cultivation and uses
Salmonberry is a close relative of the raspberry, sharing the fruit structure with the fruit pulling away from its receptacle similarly. Books often call the fruit "insipid"[3] but depending on ripeness and site, they can be good in jams, candies, jellies and wines. Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water to which a variety of flavorings and colorants is added Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice
They were and continue to be an important food for Native American people. It is one of the numerous berries gathered to incorporate into pemmican. Pemmican is a concentrated mixture of Fat and Protein used as a nutritious emergency foodstuff It is said that the name came about because of the First Nations fondness for eating the berries with half-dried salmon roe.
It is widely grown as an ornamental plant for its flowers. Ornamental plants are typically grown in the flower Garden or as House plants Most commonly they are grown for the display of their Flowers Other common It has escaped cultivation and become naturalized in parts of northwestern Europe, including Great Britain, Ireland and the Faroe Islands. In Biology, naturalisation is the process when foreign or cultivated plants or animals have spread into the Wild, where they multiply by natural regeneration See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands or simply Faroe(s or Faeroes (Føroyar meaning " Sheep Islands" Færøerne Old Norse [4][5]
References
- ^ Plants of British Columbia: Rubus spectabilis
- ^ Jepson Flora: Rubus spectabilis
- ^ Pojar, J. , & MacKinnon, A. , eds. (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast. Vancouver, BC: Lone Pine.
- ^ Flora of NW Europe: Rubus spectabilis
- ^ Højgaard, A. et al. , eds. (1989). A century of tree-planting in the Faroe Islands. Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, Tórshavn.
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