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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
| − | ''R. pensilvanicus'' proliferates in roadsides, thickets, and woodlands. <ref name= "Weakley 2015"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium. </ref> | + | ''R. pensilvanicus'' proliferates in roadsides, thickets, and woodlands. <ref name= "Weakley 2015"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium. </ref> Specimens have been collected from vacant lots, river floodplain, shallow waters, floodplain forests, planted slash pine plantation, open pasture, swampy woodland, thicket bordering marsh, bottomland woodland, edge of pine wood, bayside hammock, saw grass savanna, , and along small streams. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Sara J. Noyes, Loran Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, R. Kral, Sidney McDaniel, O. Lakela, D.B. Ward, L. B. Trott, Robert Lazor, K.M. Meyer, A. Townesmith, Lisa Keppner, Ed. Keppner, Kyle Shankle, William Platt. States and counties: Florida (Leon, Wakulla, Taylor, Liberty, Sumter, Jefferson, Gadsden, Polk, Levy, Gulf, Franklin, Bay, Holmes) Georgia (Thomas)</ref> |
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
''R. pensilvanicus'' flowers February-May. <ref name= "PanFlora"> PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: [http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/] Date Accessed: 5/29/18 </ref> | ''R. pensilvanicus'' flowers February-May. <ref name= "PanFlora"> PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: [http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/] Date Accessed: 5/29/18 </ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:15, 22 June 2018
Common name: Pennsylvania blackberry [1], eastern blackberry [1]
| Rubus pensilvanicus | |
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| Photo by John Hilty hosted at IllinoisWildflowers.info | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Species: | R. pensilvanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubus pensilvanicus Poir. | |
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| Natural range of Rubus pensilvanicus from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: R. argutus
Varieties: none
Description
R. pensilvanicus is a perennial subshrub of the Rosaceae family native to North America and Canada. [2]
Distribution
R. pensilvanicus is found in the eastern half of the United States from Minnesota to Maine, as well as the Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland/Labrador regions of Canada. [2]
Ecology
Habitat
R. pensilvanicus proliferates in roadsides, thickets, and woodlands. [1] Specimens have been collected from vacant lots, river floodplain, shallow waters, floodplain forests, planted slash pine plantation, open pasture, swampy woodland, thicket bordering marsh, bottomland woodland, edge of pine wood, bayside hammock, saw grass savanna, , and along small streams. [3]
Phenology
R. pensilvanicus flowers February-May. [4]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RUPE3
- ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Sara J. Noyes, Loran Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, R. Kral, Sidney McDaniel, O. Lakela, D.B. Ward, L. B. Trott, Robert Lazor, K.M. Meyer, A. Townesmith, Lisa Keppner, Ed. Keppner, Kyle Shankle, William Platt. States and counties: Florida (Leon, Wakulla, Taylor, Liberty, Sumter, Jefferson, Gadsden, Polk, Levy, Gulf, Franklin, Bay, Holmes) Georgia (Thomas)
- ↑ PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Date Accessed: 5/29/18
