Blackcap raspberry bushes grow up to 2 meters tall with branches forming large arches. The buds grow into small spherical black raspberries. The branches are covered in white fuzz and thorns along with connecting egg-shaped spiky green leaves. The leaves typically grow in sets of 3 but up to 5 each with a white underside (Pojar, MacKinnon). 

Blackcap raspberry, while eaten right off the bramble due to its uncommon nature, has many uses. The berries can be crushed into “cakes” and preserved for later use, they can also be turned into fruit leather by placing crushed berries on various leaves to dry. The berries are also useful for baking as the berries are used in jams, jellies, and pies  (Deur). The shoots are also edible and have a fruity, sweet, flavor that is typically combined with oil. The leaves have also been used in medicines like that of teas to improve digestion (Card). 

Blackcap Raspberry can be found on either side of the Cascade Range in forests, typically copses, in low to middle elevations (Pojar, Mackinnon). 

This perennial grows in sand, clay, and other soils with poor drainage and frequent flooding (Oregon State University).

The Blackcap Raspberry is a wild native bush that flowers in April to July and tolerant to sun and shade . It’s pollinated by bumblebees, beetles, bees, and apomixis, a method of asexual reproduction done when pollinators are absent from an ecosystem (Legler, and Giblin)