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Rubus pensilvanicus Poiret. Common name: Pennsylvania Blackberry, Eastern Blackberry. Phenology: Apr-May; late May-Jul. Habitat: Roadsides, thickets, woodlands. Distribution: ME west to MN, south to FL and TX. Map needs disentangling from Rubus argutus.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA9, GrPl, Mi, NY, Tn, Va, WH3; = Rubus argutus Link — W; > Rubus abactus L.H.Bailey — WV; > Rubus andrewsianus Blanch. — K4, WV; < Rubus argutus Link — Tat; > Rubus barbarus L.H.Bailey — F; > Rubus bellobatus L.H.Bailey — Il, WV; > Rubus betulifolius Small — RAB, S, S13; > Rubus blakei L.H.Bailey — F; > Rubus condensiflorus L.H.Bailey — F; > Rubus congruus L.H.Bailey — F; > Rubus cupressorum Fernald — F; > Rubus defectionis Fernald — F; > Rubus densissimus H.A.Davis & T.Davis — WV; > Rubus dissitiflorus Fernald — F; > Rubus fatuus L.H.Bailey — F; > Rubus floricomus Blanch. — F; > Rubus floridus Tratt. — F, S; > Rubus frondosus Bigelow — F, NE, WV; > Rubus immanis L.H.Bailey; > Rubus impar L.H.Bailey — Il; > Rubus jennisonii L.H.Bailey — WV; > Rubus jugosus L.H.Bailey — F; > Rubus laudatus Berger — WV; > Rubus leggii H.A.Davis & T.Davis — WV; > Rubus libratus L.H.Bailey — F; > Rubus louisianus Berger — F; > Rubus oklahomus Biley — NcTx; > Rubus orarius Blanch. — C; > Rubus ostryifolius Rydb. — G; > Rubus pauxillus L.H.Bailey — F; > Rubus pensilvanicus Poir. — C, F, G, Il, NE, Pa, WV; > Rubus pergratus Blanch. — Il; > Rubus philadelphicus Blanch. — WV; > Rubus praepes L.H.Bailey — F; > Rubus prestonensis H.A.Davis & T.Davis — WV; > Rubus pubifolius L.H.Bailey — Il; > Rubus recurvans Blanch. — F, Il; > Rubus rosarius L.H.Bailey; > Rubus subsolanus L.H.Bailey — F, WV; > Rubus tygartensis H.A.Davis & T.Davis — WV; > Rubus wisconsinensis L.H.Bailey — Il; Rubus pensilvanicus Poir. Basionym: Rubus pensilvanicus Poir. 1804

Links to other floras: = Rubus pensilvanicus - FNA9

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: UPL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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