Rubus anglocandicans

Botanical Description

Rubus anglocandicans is a semi-deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of spiny, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; the plant usually grows up to 2 metres tall, occasionally to 4 metres, the stems arching and rooting at their tips to form dense thickets of growth[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ]. 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 produces a good quality blackberry and is commonly harvested from the wild. It is also cultivated for its fruit. Rubus anglocandicans was introduced to Australia as a fruit crop, but has escaped from cultivation and become one of the most noxious weeds of southeastern Australia. It spreads to new areas by means of seed from bird-eaten fruits, and then spreads vegetatively to form dense, impenetrable thickets that exclude native species[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ]..