Plant Description:

• Short, spiny bush found in woodlands; growing up to 1 m high
• White flowers
• Fruit is a reddish-purple berry
• Stem thorns were used as tattoo needles
• Berries can be made into jams and pies
• Found at Stop 1 - on the Interpretive Nature Trail

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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