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Rubus hispidus - (image 1 of 4)

Taxonomy

Family: Rosaceae

Habitat

Dry, sandy soils.

Associates

 Distribution

Primarily on the coastal plain from CT and Long Island, NY south to FL and AL; disjunct in NH.

Morphology

Erect, woody perennial armed with stout, straight or hooked prickles from an expanded base. Leaflets 3(5), oblanceolate to obovate, widest well above the middle, densely and and closely white or gray tomentose beneath. Flowers white, 1-3, on ascending, eglandular pedicels, all or mostly subtended by leaves with expanded blade. Fruit a black cluster of drupelets remaining attached to the receptacle at maturity; pedicels eglandular.

Notes

Flowers May to July

Wetland indicator: Upland

Photographed in sandy oak savanna in the NJ pine barrens. Fruits tasty.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.

The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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