UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Rubus ulmifolius

Rubus spectabilis

elm-leaf blackberry

salmonberry
Habit Rhizomatous, thicket-forming, woody perennial 1-3 m. tall, the stems bristly at least below, the bark brown and shredding.
Leaves

Leaves trifoliate, the leaflets ovate, nearly glabrous, doubly serrate, the terminal one 4-9 cm. long, the others smaller, often lobed.
Flowers

Flowers 1-2 on short leafy branches;

calyx pubescent, the 5 lobes ovate-lanceolate, pointed, spreading, 9-15 mm. long;

petals 5, purplish-red, obovate-elliptic, half again as long as the sepals;

stamens 75-100;

pistils numerous.
Fruits

Drupelets yellow to reddish, weakly coherent, coming free from the receptacle.

Rubus ulmifolius

Rubus spectabilis
Flowering time May-July March-June
Habitat Fields, thickets, forest edge, and other disturbed areas. Lowland moist woods and swamps to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California and Nevada; also in New Jersey.
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Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, disjunct in northern Idaho.
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Origin Introduced Europe and northern Africa Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
R. allegheniensis, R. arcticus, R. bifrons, R. idaeus, R. laciniatus, R. lasiococcus, R. leucodermis, R. nigerrimus, R. nivalis, R. parviflorus, R. pedatus, R. pensilvanicus, R. pubescens, R. spectabilis, R. ursinus, R. vestitus
R. allegheniensis, R. arcticus, R. bifrons, R. idaeus, R. laciniatus, R. lasiococcus, R. leucodermis, R. nigerrimus, R. nivalis, R. parviflorus, R. pedatus, R. pensilvanicus, R. pubescens, R. ulmifolius, R. ursinus, R. vestitus
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