| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosaceae | Rubus ablatus |  | |||
| Rosaceae | Rubus aboriginum | Forests, woodlands, open areas, disturbed areas. | PA and IA, south to SC, AL, LA, and TX. |  | |
| Rosaceae | Rubus allegheniensis var. allegheniensis | Allegheny Blackberry | Forests, woodlands, grassy balds. | NS west to MN, south to w. NC, n. GA, and e. TN. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus allegheniensis var. gravesii | Allegheny Blackberry | Forests, woodlands, grassy balds. | ME, NY, and WI south to w. VA and WV. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus alumnus | Oldfield Blackberry | MA to MN, south to VA, w. NC, and sw. MO. |  | |
| Rosaceae | Rubus argutus | Sawtooth Blackberry | Thickets, disturbed areas. | NJ to MO, south to FL and TX. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus bifrons | European Blackberry | Disturbed areas, roadsides, thickets, old fields. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus caesius | European Dewberry | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. Reported for KY (FNA 2014; Kartesz 2010) | |
| Rosaceae | Rubus canadensis | Smooth Blackberry, Thornless Blackberry | Forests, woodlands, grassy balds, especially common at high elevations. | NL (Newfoundland) west to MN, south (primarily in the Appalachians) to w. NC, e. TN, and n. GA. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus celer | Upland prairies, pastures, fencerows, roadsides, disturbed areas. | NS to WI, south to VA, AL, and s. MO. | ||
| Rosaceae | Rubus cuneifolius | Sand Blackberry | Woodlands, forests, disturbed areas. | CT and NY (Long Island) south to s. FL and AL, MS, and se. LA, primarily on the Coastal Plain. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus curtipes | Shortstalk Dewberry | Thickets. | MA to WI, south to VA and s. MO. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus deamii | Deam's Dewberry | PA to MO, south to VA and TN. |  | |
| Rosaceae | Rubus enslenii | MA to sw. ON and IA, south to FL, MS, and Hays Co., TX. |  | ||
| Rosaceae | Rubus flagellaris | Common Dewberry | Old fields, woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas. | NS west to MN, south to GA and LA. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus frondosus | Yankee Blackberry | Old fields, fencerows. | ME and MN south to NC, SC, TN, AR, and OK. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus heterophyllus | Pleatleaf Dewberry | Typically occurs on poor, well-drained soils, both sands and gravels. | NS to MN, south to w. VA (Roanoke Co.), WV, and IA |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus hirsutus | Sikkim Raspberry | Suburban woodland. | Native of China, Japan, and Korea. Naturalized in Battle Park, Chapel Hill, NC (Orange County); identification confirmed by D. Goldman (pers. comm., 2013). |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus hispidus | Swamp Dewberry, Bristly Dewberry | Bogs, moist woodlands and forests, disturbed moist areas. | NS and QC west to WI, south to n. SC, n. and wc. GA (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009), and MO. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus idaeus | Eurasian Red Raspberry | Disturbed areas, commonly cultivated in the cooler portions of our area, rarely escaped or persistent. | Native of Eurasia. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus illecebrosus | Strawberry-raspberry | Disturbed areas. | Native of Japan. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus invisus | MA, NY, and IN south to sc. NC, ne. GA, and c. TN; apparently disjunct in s. MO. | |||
| Rosaceae | Rubus laciniatus | Cut-leaved Blackberry, Evergreen Blackberry | Disturbed areas, thickets. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus laudatus | NY to s. IA and KS, south to VA and TX. |  | ||
| Rosaceae | Rubus meracus | Dryslope Dewberry | NJ, s. MI, IA, and KS south to WV, KY, and OK. |  | |
| Rosaceae | Rubus missouricus | Missouri Dewberry | MI to MN, south to WV and sw. MO. |  | |
| Rosaceae | Rubus mollior | Softleaf Blackberry | Nearly an Ozark endemic: MO, e. KS, OK, and n. AR. |  | |
| Rosaceae | Rubus occidentalis | Black Raspberry, Blackcap | Roadsides, woodlands, thickets, disturbed areas. | QC to ND and e. CO, south to n. GA, c. AL, n. MS, AR, and c. OK. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus orarius | ||||
| Rosaceae | Rubus parvifolius | Japanese Raspberry, Australian Raspberry | Disturbed areas, invasive in the Piedmont of Delaware. | Native of e. Asia. | |
| Rosaceae | Rubus pascuus | Topsy Blackberry, Chesapeake Blackberry | Disturbed areas, thickets. | Native of Europe. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus pensilvanicus | Pennsylvania Blackberry, Eastern Blackberry | Roadsides, thickets, woodlands. | ME west to MN, south to FL and TX. Map needs disentangling from Rubus argutus. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus phoenicolasius | Wineberry, Wine Raspberry | Moist forests, roadsides, thickets. | Native of e. Asia. This plant is a serious invasive species in moist forests of the cooler portions of our region. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus pubescens | Dwarf Raspberry, Plumboy, Catharinettes | Bogs, fens, swamps. | NL (Labrador) to YT, south to e. WV and s. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993; Rhoads & Block 2007), IN, CO, and WA. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus recurvicaulis | ME, VT, and NY south to PA. |  | ||
| Rosaceae | Rubus roribaccus | NJ to NE, south to sw. VA and ne. OK |  | ||
| Rosaceae | Rubus rosa | Rose Blackberry | Fields, thickets, old pastures. | NB to MN, south to NY, WV, and e. KS. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus satis | PQ to MN, south to w. MD, KY, and MO. | |||
| Rosaceae | Rubus serratus | Bottomland Dewberry | CT to s. IA, south to GA, TN, and s. MO. | ||
| Rosaceae | Rubus setosus | Bristly Blackberry | Thickets. | QC west to MN, south to VA (?) and IL. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus steelei | Steele's Dewberry | NH to ON and MN, south to GA, AL, and s. MO, evidently disjunct in nc. TX. |  | |
| Rosaceae | Rubus strigosus var. strigosus | American Red Raspberry | High elevation forests and thickets, adelgid-killed spruce-fir forests, northwards at lower elevations and more general in habitat. | NL (Newfoundland) west to AK, south to PA, IN, IA, and AZ; disjunct farther south in nw. VA and ne. WV, and in w. NC and e. TN. |  |
| Rosaceae | Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry, Coastal Plain Dewberry | Roadsides, old fields, thickets, disturbed areas. | E. MD south to s. FL, west to TX, north in the interior to MO and se. KS. |  |
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