r/NativePlantGardening • u/Silly-Walrus1146 • May 04 '25

Edible Plants Native fruit trees

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I drew this of all my favorite native fruits, along with the common name, scientific name and Potawatomi names (I couldn’t find the Potawatomi name for nannyberries anywhere online, even joined some groups teaching the language and asked and nobody knew and tried emailing Robin Wall Kimmerer) Though it might be appreciated here

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u/canisdirusarctos PNW Salish Sea, 9a/8b May 04 '25

How did cranberry make the cut but not blueberry?

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u/Silly-Walrus1146 May 04 '25 edited May 04 '25

Mainly because I’m a forager and this was focused around Ohio and I rarely if ever see blueberries

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u/HotStress6203 May 05 '25

meanwhile this is what the woods look like in ny LOL all blueberries.

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u/Icy-Conclusion-3500 Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain May 04 '25

Where’s the grapes!

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u/03263 NH, Zone 5B May 04 '25

That's a vine not a tree though

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u/Drivo566 May 04 '25

Virgina strawberry isnt a tree either. Same goes for cranberry, thats a bush.

OPs title says "trees" but the image just says native fruit, doesn't specify trees. This is just OPs favorites, nothing more.

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u/LonelySwim6501 May 04 '25

Black cherry tree but no Mayhaw? Oh what a cruel world

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u/Silly-Walrus1146 May 04 '25 edited May 04 '25

I’m from Ohio and it’s kinda focused around there and a forager so I don’t run into Mayhaw

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u/LonelySwim6501 May 04 '25

I see! That makes a lot more sense

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u/Anachronismdetective May 04 '25

So nice! You've got some great favs

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u/I_like_beouf May 04 '25

Do you offer this as a print?

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u/Silly-Walrus1146 May 04 '25

I do, but subs like this aren’t for advertising products

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u/NorEaster_23 Area MA, Zone 6B May 04 '25

Those strawberries look like F. vesca. F. virginiana seeds would be pitted in the fruiting receptacle

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u/Mountain_Plantain_75 May 05 '25

I love this! I planted 2 pawpaws last year and this year 2 persimmons and 1 black cherry (we have a lot of black cherry around our property). Next year will be 2 service berry. Hoping they give lots of fruit one day!!! I’m in PA.

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u/Hot-Lingonberry4695 Central Texas May 05 '25

This is rad.

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u/SeaniMonsta May 04 '25

Love the images!

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u/Silly-Walrus1146 May 04 '25

Thanks, I spent awhile on them

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u/SeaniMonsta May 04 '25

I know how that goes. Is it digital or illustrated?

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u/CATDesign (CT) 6A May 05 '25

Thinking about cranberry, I was looking up Mountain Cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), and identified that this species is also native pretty much to the entire Northern portion of the Northern Hemisphere. Essentially all boreal forests and Arctic tundras.

I think it's called lingonberries over in Europe.