Blackberry plants provide wildlife with food and cover.
B lackberry pie, cobbler, preserves. Most humans enjoy blackberries, but we aren't the only mammals with a taste for this sweet fruit. Blackberry shrubs offer a lot more than just berries, however. Deer, rabbits and other animals also enjoy the tasty, nutritious blackberry leaves and stems. Blackberry bushes, however, can be either a boon or a pain to a farmer or landowner interested in wildlife management.