Rubus laciniatus

 ( Laciniatus ) 

Rubus laciniatus, the cutleaf evergreen blackberry or evergreen blackberry, is a Eurasian species of Rubus. It is an introduced species elsewhere, often being considered Invasive species.

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Description Rubus laciniatus is an evergreen, bramble-forming shrub growing to 3 meters (10 feet) tall, with prickly shoots. The leaf are palmately compound, with five leaflets, each divided into deeply toothed subleaflets with jagged, thorny tips. The flowers have pink or white petals. Fruits are similar to the common blackberry, with a unique, fruitier flavour. Paul Slichter, The Blackberries and Brambles of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, Cutleaf Blackberry, Cut-leaf Blackberry, Cut-leaved Blackberry, Evergreen Blackberry Rubus laciniatus includes description and photos The fruits are not true berries in the botanical sense.

The species is unusual in the genus in having 3-lobed petals and also in having deeply divided leaves.

The fruits of this plant are eagerly consumed by a number of animal species, including many birds and mammals. The thickets provide valuable cover for animals.

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Distribution and habitat It is an introduced species in Australia and North America, and has become a weed and invasive species in forested habitats in the United States and Canada, particularly in the Northeast and along the Pacific Coast, as well as in Australia.

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Cultivation Wild Rubus laciniatus has been grown for its fruits since 1770. Several commercially important berry have also been bred from it.

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External links

• Plants of British Columbia: Rubus laciniatus
• University of Washington, Seattle, Burke Museum
• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden

Categories: Laciniatus, Berries, Flora Of Europe, Fruits Originating In Asia, Fruits Originating In Europe, Plants Described In 1806

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