RUBUS PENSILVANICUS
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Photo: Pennsylvania Blackberry |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Rubus pensilvanicus |
| Common name: | Pennsylvania blackberry |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Growth type: | subshrub |
| Duration: | perennial, deciduous |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 2-5’ |
| Foliage: | prickly bramble, leaves serrated on margins |
| Flower: | white, 1” across with 5 white petals |
| Flowering time: | late spring, early summer |
| Fruits: | compound drupes up to 3/4", black at maturity |
| Habitat: | often found in areas that have been disturbed; grows along openings and edges |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | One of several common blackberry species in southern NJ. This species is distinguished by its shrubby habit, the stems frequently overarching. The fruit are excellent. Pollinators, bees, butterflies, skippers, wasps, and many other kinds of insects frequent the flowers. Mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects browse berries as well. Fruits are large black aggregates; when ripe they are used in jams and jellies. |
| Credit: USDA United States Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service data base |
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