[The Rose Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Blackberries, Brambles and Raspberries West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Rubus

Dwarf Bramble, Roughfruit Berry: Rubus lasiococcus

Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus


Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus bifrons (Synonyms: Rubus armeniacus, Rubus discolor, Rubus procerus, Rubus thyrsanthus) - Invasive shrub to 9 feet high. White flowers with 5 round petals. Leaves compound palmate with 3 to 5 oval, toothed leaflets. Stems with large prickles.

Cuyamaca Raspberry: Rubus glaucifolius -

Red Raspberry: Rubus idaeus ssp. idaeus -

Grayleaf Red Raspberry, North American Red Raspberry: Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (Synonyms: Rubus idaeus ssp. sachalinensis, Rubus idaeus var. gracilipes, Rubus idaeus var. peramoenus, Rubus idaeus var. strigosus, Rubus melanolasius, Rubus strigosus) -

Cutleaf Blackberry, Cut-leaf Blackberry, Cut-leaved Blackberry, Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniatus (Synonym: Rubus vulgaris var. laciniatus) - Stout, arching shrub from 1-1.5 meters high. The dark red-brown stems are fluted or angled with strong, hooked prickles. The leaves are evergreen, palmately compound with 5 leaflets which are deeply, jaggedly dissected. Flowers with 5 white petals, spatulate in shape, sometimes lobed at the tips, and 10-15 mm long.

Dwarf Bramble, Hairy-fruit Smooth Dewerry, Roughfruit Berry: Rubus lasiococcus (Synonym: Comarobatia lasiococca) - A trailing plant only several cm high. The leaves are usually trifoliate with deep, noticeable venation. The flowers are white with numerous stamens and up to 2 cm across.

Blackcap, Blackcap Raspberry, Dark Raspberry, Western Blackcap, Western Black Raspberry, Whitebark Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis (Synonyms: Batidaea sandbergii, Melanobatus leucodermis, Rubus hesperius, Rubus leucodermis var. bernardinus, Rubus leucodermis var. leucodermis, Rubus leucodermis var. trinitatis, Rubus occidentalis ssp. leucodermis) - Shrub with ascending and arching branches, armed with short, stiff, straight or slightly recurved prickles. Leaves wit 3-5 leaflets that taper to a point and have a rounded or cordate base. Flowers few in terminal corymbs with 5 shorter, white petals.

Dwarf Snow Bramble, Snow Dewberry, Snow Dwarf Bramble: Rubus nivalis (Synonym: Cardiobatus nivalis) -

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus (Synonyms: Rubus nutkanus, Rubus nutkanus f. lacera, Rubus nutkanus var. nuttallii, Rubus nutkanus var. parviflorus, Rubus nutkanus var. scopulorum, Rubus parviflorus f. nuttallii, Rubus parviflorus var. bifarius, Rubus parviflorus var. fraserianus, Rubus parviflorus var. grandiflorus, Rubus parviflorus var. heteradenius, Rubus parviflorus var. hypomalacus, Rubus parviflorus var. parviflorus, Rubus parviflorus var. parvifolius, Rubus parviflorus var. scopulorum, Rubus parviflorus var. velutinus) - Shrub to 6 feet high. White or pastel pink flowers with 5 wide, wavy petals. Leaves large, simple but palmately veined. Leaves soft and "cushiony" to touch, hence the name of nature's TP!

Five-leaf Bramble, Five-leaved Dwarf Bramble, Strawberry Bramble, Strawberry Dwarf Bramble, Strawberry-leaf Raspberry: Rubus pedatus (Synonyms: Ametron pedatum, Coaropsis pedata, Dalibardia pedata, Psychrobatia pedata) - A low, perennial herb that spreads by stolons or runners to form dense mats. Leaves basal, palmately compound with 5 irregularly toothed leaflets. Flowers white, solitary on 2-6 cm stems. Petals each about 10-12 mm long.

Pennsylvania Blackberry: Rubus pensilvanicus -

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis (Synonyms: Parmena spectabilis, Rubus franciscanus, Rubus spectabilis var. fransiscanus, Rubus spectabilis var. spectabilis, Rubus stenopetalus) - Shrub to 7 feet high. Stems lightly stickery and of a chestnut brown hue. Flowers bright red, 5 petals . Leaves compound, with 3 toothed leaflets.

North American Red Raspberry, American Red Raspberry: Rubus strigosus (Synonyms: Rubus idaeus, Rubus idaeus var. gracilipes, Rubus idaeus ssp. sachalinensis, Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus, Rubus melanolasius) -

Elmleaf Blackberry: Rubus ulmifolius (Synonyms: Rubus discolor, Rubus ulmifolius var. inermis) -

California Blackberry, Dewberry, Douglasberry, Pacific Blackberry, Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus (Synonyms: Rubus eastwoodianus, Rubus helleri, Rubus macropetalus, Rubus ursinus ssp. macropetalus, Rubus ursinus var. eastwoodianus, Rubus ursinus var. macropetalus, Rubus ursinus var. ursinus, Rubus vitifolius, Rubus vitisolius ssp. ursinus) - Trailing shrub or vine usually on the ground, but may climb stumps, rock walls, or fences. White flowers with 5 thin (airplane propeller shaped) petals with space between them. Prickly vine with compound leaves (3 leaflets).

European Blackberry: Rubus vestitus -


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