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

species 308 observations

Persistent Blackberry

Rubus persistens

Status
maybe native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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181 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth, Fruit-tree Leafroller Moth, White-lined Sphinx, American Copper Underwing 45
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Acmaeodera tubulus, Blackberry Gall Midge, Red-necked Cane Borer, Nodular Stem Gall Midge 5
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Wild Turkey, Spotted Cucumber Beetle, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing 46
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Two-spotted Bumble Bee, Pure Green Sweat Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee 85

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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