The delicious blackberries ripen from July through August and you're encouraged to consume as many as you like, but leave plenty for the birds and coyotes. This very tree probably supported the food needs of many families of Yokuts that foraged this area. They ground or chopped the acorn nuts and stored them for year-round use. Sedges may look like a grass, but they are not. Find a bloom stalk and feel the stem below the flower.
Sedges have edges.
California blackberry leaf and flower 4. Here is a small colony of our native California Blackberry. The small blackberries ripen in late May and June. In most cases, California natives are kinder plants. Unfortunately, the invader is more vigorous and often takes over the native's space.