OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rubus hispidus   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus hispidus   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Rubus hispidus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-013:

Rubus hispidus   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rubus hispidus

 

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry


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image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ruhi_001_lvd

        

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ruhi_004_lvd

        

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

Jerry Bright    jeb_mg_0598

July    Haywood County?    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm060710_063

July    Tucker County    WV

Monongahela National Forest

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm190726_0234

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm140816_771

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Leaves simply or doubly crenate to serrate, usually lustrous above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm140816_772

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Slender stems trailing on ground, terete, with bristles, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).


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image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm140816_796

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm140816_797

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Leaves coriaceous, some evergreen, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm150808_628

August    Watauga County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm150808_630

August    Watauga County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm150808_632

August    Watauga County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park

Aggregate 0.8-1.5cm broad and about as long, juicy, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm150808_635

August    Watauga County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park

image of Rubus hispidus, Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry

JK Marlow    jkm150808_636

August    Watauga County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park

Pedicels 2cm or less. Petals about 1cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rubus hispidus   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus hispidus   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rubus hispidus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-013:
Rubus hispidus   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus hispidus

 

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1268

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, moist woodlands and forests, disturbed moist areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems with nonglandular bristles and slender weak barely curved prickles

LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous or somewhat evergreen
Compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Aggregate of drupelets

 

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