Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus trivialis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus trivialis is a deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of moderately to densely armed, low-arching to creeping biennial stems from a woody rootstock. The stems can be 30 - 70cm tall (more if climbing through other vegetation), before falling and creeping along the ground[ 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 plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a food, and also has medicinal applications. It is sometimes cultivated as a fruit crop, especially in eastern and southeastern N. America[ 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 RangeSouth-eastern N. America - Kansas to Pennsylvania, south to Texas and Florida

HabitatStream banks, roadsides, thickets and old fields[ 228 Title Flora of the Great Plains. Publication Author McGregor. R. L. & Barkley. T. M. Publisher University Press of Kansas. Year 1986 ISBN 070060295x Description A useful source of habitats. ]. Dry sandy soils[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ]. Open woodlands, savannas, prairies, meadows, sand dunes, disturbed areas, dry to seasonally wet soil; at elevations up to 200 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. ].