Wild Edible Berries of British Columbia

This guide focuses on wild edible berries of British Columbia. They either have no poisonous look-alikes or can be differentated from look-alikes by verifying all the key characteristics and comparing the berry or fruit against the listed look-alikes. As a safety precaution, only consume small quantities when trying a wild food for the first time, and wash them beforehand in clean water.

Warning: Never experiment with a wild food that you cannot positively identify, that is over-ripe, damaged, or collected from contaminated areas. Consuming poisonous berries can kill you.

1. salal
2. salmonberry
3. oregon grape
4. cascade oregon grape
5. thimbleberry
6. red huckleberry
7. saskatoon berry
8. osoberry
9. false lily-of-the-valley
10. bearberry
11. trailing blackberry
12. red elderberry
13. false solomon's seal
14. soapberry
15. red flowering currant
16. common juniper
17. virginia strawberry
18. evergreen huckleberry
19. starry false lily-of-the-valley
20. clasping twisted-stalk
21. drops of gold
22. nootka rose
23. himalayan blackberry
24. rocky mountain juniper
25. five-leaved bramble
26. woodland strawberry
27. squashberry
28. bunchberry
29. chokecherry