PLANTS Profile for Rubus canadensis (smooth blackberry)

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PLANTS Profile

Rubus canadensis L.
smooth blackberry

Symbol:

RUCA16

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Rubus canadensis L.

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Synonyms:
Rubus canadensis L.

	RUARR	Rubus argutus Link var. randii (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey
	RUBE7	Rubus besseyi L.H. Bailey
	RUCAI2	Rubus canadensis L. var. imus L.H. Bailey
	RUFO3	Rubus forestalis L.H. Bailey
	RUIL2	Rubus illustris L.H. Bailey
	RUIR	Rubus irregularis L.H. Bailey
	RULA10	Rubus laetabilis L.H. Bailey
	RUMI9	Rubus millspaughii L.H. Bailey
	RURA6	Rubus randii (L.H. Bailey) Rydb.

Distribution:
Rubus canadensis L.


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USA (CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Rubus canadensis L.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 237 species in Rubus

Classification:
Rubus canadensis L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Rubus L. – blackberry
Species	Rubus canadensis L. – smooth blackberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rubus canadensis L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
smooth blackberry		Endangered
New Jersey:
smooth blackberry		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Rubus canadensis L.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504842.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/25/2008 06:07 AM MDT