Red berry- unknown

Kept meaning to post this...in August my brother and I were walking in a forest in Surrey- found late huckleberries and Oregon Grape and one berry that I haven't seen before- I actually mistook it for huckleberry until I spit the thing out.

Anyway, description: it grows in the same habit as huckleberries (rotting stumps of what is probably cedar), superficially similar leaf structure but the leaves are saw toothed (not noticeable in the shade) and the berries are pale red but oval shaped. In the photo it's the lower specimen.

Edit: not rose

EDIT again- sorry, it's the one on the right if you are seeing the photo vertically.

 

Rosa gymnocarpa.

 

Ron, it's not a rose. It's a berry. No thorns, no seeds or they were tiny. I am very familiar with wild roses.

 

Could you post a little better picture of the plant showing the leaves and the berry close-up? How the berry looks like inside?

 

will look back in my files on other computer and repost tonight then- thanks!

 

Only other pictures I have- from two different twigs. The ones on the left do look like rose because of the bits on top of each 'berry' but the ones on the right are smooth- I know I spat them out and there were no seeds. I suppose it could be a rose that grew in a less than ideal environment and didn't mature properly...?

 

Definitely a rose (both twigs). I wouldn't rule Ron's suggestion (R. gymnocarpa) out.

 

I didn't think it was a rose because it was a smooth looking berry. I didn't even notice the second twig had berries with remnants of blooms on them...so it probably is a rose but I've never pulled one off a rotted stump before.
Thanks Ron and Sundrop

 

Just to add, there's also a Mahonia there, the purple fruit in the first pic.

 

Ya, the mahonia...I've been reading people make jelly from these. Anyone ever try it? :D

 

I think they are good for jelly. Rich in vitamin C. I have never made it pure, but I add them to blackberry jelly.

 

Good to know!