Himalayan blackberry is a very hardy, over-wintering wild berry that was introduced in the mid-19th century for this purpose (to make jam and for pollination of other blackberries). It has spread rapidly, and now covers nearly 1 million acres of forested mountain slopes and is capable of outcompeting native species.
Himalayan blackberry photos:
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![October's Weed of the Month: Himalayan Blackberry - WeedWise Program](/images/October-sWeedoftheMonth_HimalayanBlackberry-WeedWiseProgram.jpg)
![Himalayan Blackberry (Edible Plants on UC Berkeley Campus) · iNaturalist](/images/HimalayanBlackberry-EdiblePlantsonUCBerkeleyCampus--iNaturalist.jpg)
![Himalayan Blackberry Plants: Invasive, Noxious, and Beautiful - Owlcation](/images/HimalayanBlackberryPlants_Invasive_Noxious_andBeautiful-Owlcation.jpg)
![Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) - Fraser Valley Invasive Species Society](/images/Himalayanblackberry-Rubusarmeniacus--FraserValleyInvasiveSpeciesSociety.jpg)
![Himalayan blackberry, Rubus armeniacus. Invasive species Stock Photo - Alamy](/images/Himalayanblackberry_Rubusarmeniacus-InvasivespeciesStockPhoto-Alamy.jpg)
![Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) in Seattle [OC] - The berries are very edible but this is an invasive specie… - Blackberry plants, Berries, Invasive species](/images/HimalayanBlackberry-Rubusarmeniacus-inSeattle-OC--Theberriesareveryediblebutthisisaninvasivespecie--Blackberryplants_Berries_Invasivespecies.jpg)
![Himalayan Blackberry Bush Plant with berries fruit and leaves in summer Stock Photo - Alamy](/images/HimalayanBlackberryBushPlantwithberriesfruitandleavesinsummerStockPhoto-Alamy.jpg)
![FIELD NOTES: Himalayan blackberry requires combat, creativity to control - Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber](/images/FIELDNOTES_Himalayanblackberryrequirescombat_creativitytocontrol-Vashon-MauryIslandBeachcomber.jpg)
![Blackberry - Wikipedia](/images/Blackberry-Wikipedia.jpg)