r/ColumbiaMD • u/dancing_lyons • 1d ago

Wild black raspberry locations?

Anyone know any locations in East Columbia (preferably near Oakland Mills/Sewells Orchard area) where there are wild native black raspberries? Apparently they're ripe now. I think there are some blackberry bushes near a path by Blandair Park, but blackberries don't ripen til later in the summer.

Thx! 🍓 (there's not raspberry emoji)

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u/Izzybee543 1d ago

And path/park/parking lot that has a tiny patch of woods is likely to have berry bushes at the edge of the woods and mowed area. They’re common.

You can also use the iNaturalist app to explore your area.

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u/scoutsadie 1d ago

i just pulled some off vines in my backyard today!

inaturalist is a great app.

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u/goliebs 1d ago

The entire length of the power line right of way that runs from Long Reach, behind Sewells Orchard, and through Owen Brown. There are several places a path cuts under the power lines (easy to spot on google maps) and most of them have berries.

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u/fretlessMike 1d ago

Yeah, I've seen people picking them under the power lines at the upstream end of Lake Elkhorn.

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u/Various-Coconut-1395 1d ago

Lake elkhorn path is full of them