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Cloudberry

Rubus chamaemorus

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Illustration of Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus)

Cloudberry is a low-growing plant of Arctic and boreal bogs and tundra that produces small, amber-colored berries with a taste somewhere between raspberry and mango. The berries are prized throughout Scandinavia, Canada, and Alaska as a wild food. Caribou, bears, and many tundra birds consume the berries, which are exceptionally rich in vitamin C.

Habitat
Arctic and boreal bogs, tundra, and mountain peatlands
Diet
Berries eaten by bears, caribou, and tundra birds; important human wild food
How common
Uncommon

Best time to see a Cloudberry

The best time to see a Cloudberry is June–July, when about 73% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 1,444 research-grade iNaturalist observations.

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