Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus pascuus

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus pascuus is a deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub, producing each year a cluster of arching, prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; the stems can grow 70 - 300cm long[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The stems only produce leaves, and do not flower, in their first year of growth; forming flowering branches in their second year and then dying after fruiting. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes cultivated for its fruit in the USA with old cultivars such as 'The Topsy' and 'Tree Blackberry and more recent ones such as 'Naticope' (which is sometimes also referred to Rubus cuneifolius)[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern N. America - Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina.

HabitatDry to wet argillaceous, siliceous or peaty soils[ 43 Title Gray's Manual of Botany.Eighth Edition Publication Author Fernald. M. L. Publisher American Book Co.; New York Year 1950 ISBN 0442222505 Description A bit dated but a good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America. ]. Woodland edges, swamp margins, dry thickets, open and often disturbed areas, roadsides; at elevations up to 300 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].