Bramble blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)

By Asst Editor Cliff B, on December 13th, 2011

Introduction:

Bramble blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) Weed.

Rubus rosifolius is a prickly shrub that produces edible red berries. It is valued for a number of culinary and medicinal purposes. This species has become invasive in Hawai‘i and French Polynesia, where it is capable of intruding into the understory of rainforests. Prickly stems and an . . . → Read More: Bramble blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)

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Thimbleberry

By Admin, on September 23rd, 2011

Thimbleberry Photo by Jim Dexter on Wikimedia Commons

Botanical Name: Rubus parviflorus thimbleberry

Family: ROSACEAE

General Description.—Thimbleberry, also known as western thimbleberry, salmonberry, mountain sorrel, and western thimble raspberry, is a spineless, deciduous shrub 0.5 to 2.5 m in height. Twigs and new stems are green and glandular; old stems are covered with . . . → Read More: Thimbleberry

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