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What other great edible fruits grow wild as natives in the Pacific Northwest? There’s salal, ( Gaultheria shallon), which is a hardy perennial groundcover or short bush with rich black berries. Native Edible Fruiting Plants of the Pacific Northwest Likely, where they grow well, so would blueberries (also genus Vaccinium). For instance, there are many native huckleberries (Vaccinium spp.). Looking for native, edible fruiting perennials on your property can provide clues as to what nonnative fruits might also grow well. Oregon crabapple (Malus fusca) has small sour fruits that could be used as a minority part in cider or other processed apple products. To round out the list, beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) produces edible nuts. Some Rubus species include the caneberries: fresh orange salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis), delicious and unique-tasting blackcap raspberries (Rubus leucodermis), sweet trailing blackberries (Rubus ursinus), and more! Cascara or chitum (Rhamnus purshiana) is a small native tree with edible black berries that birds love, and human can eat, too. In the groundcover-type department, there are also kinnickinick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) and native strawberries (Fragaria species), to name a couple. Bumblebees love its flowers! Raintree offers salal. Native Americans got a lot of use out of those berries. What other great edible fruits grow wild as natives in the Pacific Northwest? There’s salal, (Gaultheria shallon), which is a hardy perennial groundcover or short bush with rich black berries. That second name in the scientific nomiker means alder-like leaves, just to share that trivia. That’s one of the problems with common names there can be many of them, adding to the confusion! Let’s try using the scientific name for the serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia. I'm referring to the native and low-maintenance saskatoon, also known as serviceberry, Canadian blueberry, or juneberry. It's a native plant that Raintree offers named varieties of for sale. There’s an attractive bush that has fruit that tastes somewhat like blueberries. There are many edible fruits native to the Pacific Northwest that are easy to grow. I thought I'd start by highlighting some natives. There might be some where you live, too! I will be writing this blog all about fruit trees and bushes in the Pacific Northwest. On the nursery are many wonderful fruiting native plants. We grow and sell many types of plants of course. Hello, I'm Xander Rose, the orchard manager at Raintree Nursery.