A compact alphabetical reference to Ohio’s native fruit‑bearing plants.

A

American Plum | American Persimmon | Allegheny Blackberry

B

Black Cherry | Black Raspberry | Black Walnut (technically a nut, often included in foraging lists) | Blueberry (Highbush Blueberry)

C

Chokecherry | Crabapple (Native Crabapple) | Common Elderberry | Common Pawpaw

D

Dewberry (Northern Dewberry)

F

Flowering Dogwood (Red Berries) | Fox Grape

G

Gooseberry (American Gooseberry) | Ground Cherry (Native Physalis species)

H

Hackberry | Hawthorn (Various Native Hawthorns)

M

Mayapple | Mulberry (Red Mulberry)

N

Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

O

Ohio Buckeye (toxic fruit, included for completeness)

P

Pawpaw (Common Pawpaw) | Persimmon (American Persimmon) | Prairie Rose (Rose Hips)

R

Red Mulberry | Red Raspberry | Red Elderberry | Rose Hips (Wild Rose)

S

Serviceberry (Juneberry) | Spicebush (Red Drupes) | Sumac (Smooth Sumac, Staghorn Sumac)

V

Virginia Creeper (toxic berries, included for identification)

W

Winterberry | Wild Grape (Riverbank Grape) | Wild Strawberry