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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Rose Family
  7. Brambles
  8. Field Highbush Blackberries
  9. Leafy-bracted Blackberry

species 231 observations

Leafy-bracted Blackberry

Rubus frondosus

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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357 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth, Fruit-tree Leafroller Moth, Dusky Leafroller Moth, Impressive Dagger 105
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Acmaeodera tubulus, Agromyza vockerothi, Blackberry Gall Midge, Red-necked Cane Borer 9
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey, Spotted Cucumber Beetle, English Grain Aphid, American Robin 62
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Black-tailed Bumble Bee, Two-spotted Bumble Bee, Milwaukee Mining Bee 181

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

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