# Wild raspberry (Rubus idaeus)

**Swedish: Hallon | English: Wild Raspberry | Family: Rosaceae**

The wild raspberry (*Rubus idaeus*), Swedish **Hallon**, colonizes sunny forest clearings, clearcuts and roadsides throughout Västerbotten.

Their fruits are slightly smaller than cultivated garden raspberries, but surpass them with a highly intense, fruity aroma. The bushes are a paradise for berry pickers and forest animals.

## FAQs

- **When is raspberry season in northern Sweden?**: The fruits ripen on sunny forest edges from the end of July to mid-August.
- **Are you allowed to pick wild raspberries freely?**: Yes, harvesting is subject to Swedish public law (Allemansrätten).
- **What are raspberry leaves used for?**: Dried young leaves make a tasty, tannin-rich house tea.
- **How do you distinguish raspberries from stoneberries?**: Raspberries are velvety-composed drupes that can be easily pulled off the hollow cone of the plant.
- **Which wild animals love Hallon?**: Brown bears, martens, badgers and numerous bird species eat the sweet fruits in late summer.
- **How does the raspberry bush reproduce?**: Via rooted creeping runners that quickly form dense bushes in clearings.


## Weitere Informationen

- Botanical illustration: Wild raspberry (Rubus idaeus), in Swedish'Hallon'.
- Rose family (Rosaceae)
- Nature, Taiga & Waters of Västerbotten
- Native to Northern Sweden
- The wild Scandinavian raspberry is smaller than garden varieties, but incomparably sweet and aromatic.
- Delicious wild fruit & tea plant