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
Identified by:
A. Swanson
Months in Bloom
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