Common Blackberry
Scientific Name:Rubus allegheniensis


NOTES: Unlike raspberries, drupes do not detach easily and cleanly from their receptacles. Alternate leaves, 3 to 5-parted. Canes green initially, then becoming a dull reddish-brown without any whitish bloom.

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Common Blackberry
Genus species: Rubus allegheniensis
Common Name: Common Blackberry
Family Name: Rosaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, woody vines, shrubs, and trees; leaves mostly alternate, simple to compound, usually conspicuously stipulate; flowers mostly bisexual, regular; fruit types vary.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Shrub
Flower Color:White
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Nature Playscape
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.
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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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