Wild Blackberries in Shenandoah

"Blackberries are all over the mountain," said the bartender who brought us this delicious piece of blackberry ice cream pie.
As we hiked in the park, we didn't see any blackberries, as they won't be ripe for months.
The ice cream had a really fresh flavor, even though it must have been made from frozen or otherwise preserved fruit.

I tried to find out what blackberry plants look like in early June, but I'm
still not sure. Was this bunny nibbling on blackberry leaves?

These deer were eating rotten wood from a fallen tree (or maybe grubs)?
But were there blackberries all around them?

Are these blackberry bushes that we saw near the trail?

Are some of the plants around the waterfall blackberries?

Or here? All the guides to foraging along the Appalachian Trail mention blackberries!

Whichever plant produced the blackberries, they were delicious. On our second night in the Skyland Resort, we again ate
dinner in the Taproom, and ordered the blackberry cobbler, with the same blackberry ice cream on top.
Skyland was founded in 1888, long before the National Park took over the area. I wonder how old the recipes are.

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