| Cutleaf evergreen blackberry | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Species: | R. laciniatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubus laciniatus Willd. 1806 | |
Rubus laciniatus, the cutleaf evergreen blackberry or evergreen blackberry, is a species of Rubus, native to Eurasia. It is an introduced species in Australia and North America. It has become a weed and invasive species in forested habitats in the United States and Canada, particularly in the Northeast and along the Pacific Coast.
Description
Rubus laciniatus is a deciduous, bramble-forming shrub growing to 3 meters (10 feet) tall, with prickly shoots. The leaves are palmately compound, with five leaflets, each divided into deeply toothed subleaflets with jagged, thorny tips. The flowers have pink or white petals. Fruits are similar to the common blackberry, with a unique, fruitier flavour. The fruits are not true berries in the botanical sense.
The species is unusual in the genus in having 3-lobed petals and also in having such deeply divided leaves.
The fruits of this plant are eagerly consumed by a number of animal species, including many birds and mammals. The thickets provide valuable cover for animals.
Cultivation
Wild Rubus laciniatus has been grown for its fruits since 1770. Several commercially important berry cultivars have also been bred from it.
References
- "Rubus laciniatus". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- "Rubus laciniatus". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
- Queensland Government, European blackberries Rubus fruticosus
- Paul Slichter, The Blackberries and Brambles of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, Cutleaf Blackberry, Cut-leaf Blackberry, Cut-leaved Blackberry, Evergreen Blackberry Rubus laciniatus includes description and photos
- ^ Alice, Lawrence A.; Goldman, Douglas H.; Macklin, James A.; Moore, Gerry (2014). "Rubus laciniatus". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 9. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Fryer, Janet L. (2021). "Rubus laciniatus". Fire Effects Information System (FEIS). US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (USFS), Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
External links
- Plants of British Columbia: Rubus laciniatus
- Jepson Manual treatment
- "Rubus laciniatus". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
- Rubus laciniatus in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
- University of Washington, Seattle, Burke Museum
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden
- Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
- "Rubus laciniatus". Plants for a Future.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Rubus laciniatus |
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