Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus nessensis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus nessensis is a deciduous shrub producing a cluster of sparsely-armed, biennial stems up to 300cm tall from a woody rootstock. The stems only produce leaves in their first year, forming flower-bearing branches in the second year of growth and dying after fruiting[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope - Norway to Britain and France, east to southern Russia, Ukraine and Romania

HabitatWoods and heaths, usually on very acid soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Forests and forest margins, riverbanks, bog edges[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].