Rubus flagellaris
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Rubus flagellaris |
| Common name: | northern dewberry |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Growth type: | subshrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | vine up to 15; long, trailing the ground |
| Foliage: | alternate, trifoliote, petiolate; leaflets of 3 |
| Flower: | 1" white, 5 petals |
| Flowering time: | bloom mid May to mid July; fruit early July to August |
| Habitat: | dry open ground of pastures, fields, shaded wood edges |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide, decreasing in the Pine barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Fruit is an edible drupe with a tart-sweet flavor. It resembles a blackberry and can be used in cobblers, pies, etc. The flowers attract honeybees and bumble bees, as well as various butterflies and skippers. The fruit is a food source to upland gamebirds and songbirds as well as raccoon, fox, squirrel, chipmunk, and white-footed mouse. The cottontail rabbit and white tail deer browse the leaves and stems. (Illinois Wildflowers) |