Thorny Situation by bmac62

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Jul 29, 2016

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Invasive species: Himalayan Blackberries are native to Asia. They grow wild throughout the state of Washington. While the fruit is good to eat, the thorny vines shade out smaller native species. If uncontrolled, extensive stands can limit usable pasture lands, animals' access to water and even trap young livestock. Every year I cut 'em back and cart them off. Handle with care:-)

Comments (15)

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Faemike55

3:28PM | Fri, 29 July 2016

and even if you go after the roots, they still come back
great photo

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durleybeachbum

3:38PM | Fri, 29 July 2016

A familiar sight! My blackberries are probably not the same species but the battle is the same!

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MagikUnicorn

4:06PM | Fri, 29 July 2016

NO ROSES ? :)
COOL ZOOM

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npauling

4:25PM | Fri, 29 July 2016

Well I guess the fruit is a bonus but a tiresome task cutting them back each year. I am having a fight with ivy at the moment and that doesn't even give me fruit lol. 😀

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wysiwig

5:05PM | Fri, 29 July 2016

Nice focus on the business end. So this has no natural predators?

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goodoleboy

8:27PM | Fri, 29 July 2016

They do look menacing. Must be a real sticky wicket to cut these back every year. Otherwise, a fine Fuji focus on this one.

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photosynthesis

10:17PM | Fri, 29 July 2016

Yes, Bill, delicious fruit, but definitely invasive & a thorny problem - as your picture so sharply points out. Puns aside, we had these on our property in the Applegate & one of our dogs got badly cut when she fell into them one day. As Mike pointed out, we cut them back as much as we could, but they grew back every year...

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helanker

3:00AM | Sat, 30 July 2016

OH Yes, we fignt these very often together with Hops, which is even worse. But the berries are wonderful. This area is full of them. and just 35 years back, we cleaned the area for the fruits and made lovely marmelade of them. Now there are too many people who want them, so I wont bother. and alot of them are now extinguished. Only low irritating scrub left. Great shot, Bill :)

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SunriseGirl

5:06AM | Sat, 30 July 2016

I had an uncle who used to harvest those berries. He dressed in coveralls with leather gloves and boots. He would go out with his big loppers and lop a path into the middle of one of those fields filling buckets full of juicy ripe blackberries. My step-mother would make wonderful pies and jams from the many buckets he brought to her. It makes me fat just thinking about those goodies. :)

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kgb224

7:25AM | Sat, 30 July 2016

Superb capture Bill. God bless.

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jendellas

9:03AM | Sat, 30 July 2016

Hmmm seen something similar , the thorns hurt too!!! x

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X-PaX

12:03PM | Sat, 30 July 2016

You are right Bill. But even if you cut them, they will come back.

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RodS

7:51PM | Sat, 30 July 2016

Harvest the berries and make a pie! Then cut 'em out! It's kinda like the poison ivy I have growing all around here. I don't know how many times I've cut it, put weed killer on it, burned it, done everything except nuke it. It always comes back!

Cool macro shot, though!

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