Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rubus pensilvanicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Pennsylvania Blackberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus argutus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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PLANTS National Database
Rubus pensilvanicus
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-009:
Rubus argutus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Rubus betulifolius
COMMON NAME:
Pennsylvania Blackberry, Highbush Blackberry, Southern Blackberry
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April Spartanburg County SC
Floricanes [that is, 2nd year flowering canes] have leaves with 3 leaflets, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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April Spartanburg County SC
The most common "highbush" blackberry in most of our area, per Weakley's Flora.
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April Greenville County SC
Flowers about 1" wide, the petals longer than the sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Sepals 4-6mm long, densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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May Greenville County SC
Leaflets of primocanes w acute to acuminate apices, softly pubescent beneath, per Weakley's Flora.
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June Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Blackberry (aggregate fruit of drupelets) bright red maturing to blue-black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rubus pensilvanicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus argutus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Rubus pensilvanicus
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-009:
Rubus argutus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Rubus betulifolius