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Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
Willdenow, 1809

 

Synonyms: Rubus alacer, Rubus ashei, Rubus cordialis, Rubus exemptus, Rubus procumbens, (see The Plant List for other synonyms), common dewberry

 

 

 

Rubus flagellaris is found in central and eastern North America (from the Great Lakes and Atlantic Canada south to Texas and Florida), and northern Mexico (south to Hidalgo). It grows in a wide range of habitats, including woodlands, pine barrens, prairies, meadows, savannas, old fields, rocky outcrops, and disturbed areas; 0-1,000 m. Benefits from fires, but exhibits a low tolerance to droughts. Perennial subshrub, shrub or woody vine with biennial stems, creeping or low-arching, glabrous or densely hirsute, with few or abundant prickles; 2.5-4.5 m long; flowering stems up to 1.2 m in height. Leaves deciduous, ternate or palmately compound (3-5 ovate or elliptic leaflets with serrate margins). Flowers with 5 green sepals and 5 white petals; arranged in racemes (1-3 per inflorescence). Fruits are black or dark-purplish, with 10-40 drupelets. This species flowers in March-June. Hybridizes with Rubus allegheniensis.

 

Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)   D61495
Northern Dewberry
(Rubus flagellaris)
Black Moshannon State Park
Pennsylvania, USA
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Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)   D56575
Northern Dewberry
(Rubus flagellaris), fruit
Terra Nova National Park
Newfoundland, Canada
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Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)   D61494
Northern Dewberry
(Rubus flagellaris)
Black Moshannon State Park
Pennsylvania, USA
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Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)   D56583
Northern Dewberry
(Rubus flagellaris), fruit
Terra Nova National Park
Newfoundland, Canada
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Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)   D56582
Northern Dewberry
(Rubus flagellaris), fruit
Terra Nova National Park
Newfoundland, Canada
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