Common Blackberry,
Rubus allegheniensis
Rosaceae or Rose Family
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Arching woody shrub or "cane" with thorns.
Leaves with three coarsely toothed leaflets. Flowers
five-parted, white. Fruit a juicy, edible, elongated, deep
purple berry. Common in open areas along Wildwood Drive and under the power line. Symmetrical 5-parted white flowers and thorns are common in the Rose Family. Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) has more than 3 leaflets. Black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) has smaller flowers and a bowl-shaped fruit. Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius) has many stiff hairs instead of thorns, and a pale red berry. Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris) is a low, creeping plant. |