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Blackberry Blackberries Halved blackberry. Rubus fruticosus L. is the ambiguous name of a European blackberry species in the genus Rubus (part of the rose family). The name has been interpreted in several ways: The species represented by the type specimen of Rubus fruticosus L., which is also the type specimen of the genus Rubus. [1]
Blackberry fruit, leaves, and stems have been used to dye fabrics and hair. Native Americans have even been known to use the stems to make rope. The shrubs have also been used for barriers around buildings, crops and livestock. The wild plants have sharp, thick prickles, which offered some protection against enemies and large animals. [21]
A Rubus abchaziensis Sudre Rubus acanthodes (Her.Hofmann ex Focke) E.Barber Rubus acanthophyllos Focke Rubus acclivitatum W.C.R.Watson Rubus accrescens A.Newton Rubus x acer L.H.Bailey Rubus aciodontus Lefèvre & P.J.Müll. Rubus acridentulus P.J.Müll. ex Boulay Rubus acroglotta W.Jansen Rubus acuminatissimus Hassk. Rubus acuminatus Sm. Rubus acutidens (Boulay) Sudre Rubus acutifrons Ley ...
Rubus ulmifolius is a species of wild blackberry known by the English common name elmleaf blackberry or thornless blackberry and the Spanish common name zarzamora.It is native to Europe and North Africa, and has also become naturalized in parts of the United States (especially California), Australia, and southern South America.
On the other hand, species in the other Rubus subgenera (such as the raspberries) are generally distinct, or else involved in more routine one-or-a-few taxonomic debates, such as whether the European and American red raspberries are better treated as one species or two (in this case, the two-species view is followed here, with R. idaeus and R ...
A cultivar of this species named the 'Aughinbaugh' blackberry was a parent of the loganberry. R. ursinus is also a second-generation parent of the boysenberry and the marionberry, or 'Marion' blackberry. [10] 'Wild Treasure' has the fruit size and flavor of the wild species, but without prickles, and the berries are machine harvestable.
Rubus occidentalis is a species of Rubus native to eastern North America. Its common name black raspberry is shared with other closely related species. Other names occasionally used include bear's eye blackberry, black cap, black cap raspberry, [3] [4] and scotch cap. [5]
Although related to a blackberry species considered to be a noxious weed – the Himalaya blackberry (R. armeniacus) which is an aggressive invasive species [8] – marionberries are not invasive because they do not readily germinate to grow new canes from seed. [11] They are commonly pruned and trained on trellises. [8] [11]