Wild blueberries, also known as blueberries, are more aromatic than cultivated blueberries. Plus, collecting the berries is fun for the whole family. To ensure that your trip into nature doesn't end badly, you should know how to recognize wild blueberries.
How do I distinguish blueberries from similar-looking berries?
WildBlueberriesgrow onDwarf shrubsthat reach a maximum height of 60 cm. RauschberriesUnlike wild blueberries, they have awhite flesh. With the poisonous uniberry, only one berry grows per stem.
What are the typical characteristics of wild blueberries?
You can recognize wild blueberries by thegrowthof the plantandby theberries. The typical characteristics of the fruits are:
- spherical
- dark blue / blueblack
- frosted
- red / blue-red pulp
- Dwarf shrub bears several fruits per stem
You can recognize the wild blueberry bush (Vaccinium myrtillus) by the following features:
- growing to a maximum height of 60 cm
- richly branched
- green shoots
What other berries are blueberries often confused with?
In the wild there is a risk of confusion withrushberry, uniberry and deadly nightshade.
Identify blackberry (Vaccinium uliginosum)
- white pulp
- without any particular taste, suspected of being poisonous, consumption of large quantities is not recommended
- Dwarf shrub like the wild blueberry
- shoots woody down to the tips (no green parts)
Identifying a berry (Paris quadrifolia)
Since the uniberry is poisonous, you should avoid a taste test. The typical characteristic of the uniberry is that each stem of the herbaceous plant only bears one fruit.
Identifying highly poisonous belladonna
- reaches a height of up to 150 cm
- Berries sit on a flower stalk, blueberries directly on the leaves
Is the location of blueberries a good identifier?
Identifying wild blueberries based solely on location isnot recommendedThis means that uniberries and wild berries can grow among the wild blueberries. The harvest time of blueberries is also not a good indicator, as blueberries and blueberries ripen in the same period.
Tip
Leave berries in doubt
As confusion can result in poisoning, you should not harvest berries that you do not clearly recognize as wild blueberries. Since blueberries and blueberries look very similar to blueberries on the outside, subsequent identification is not possible without losing the harvest.
