DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Rubus discolor | Himalayan Blackberry 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The Himalayan blackberry is a native of the Old World [3,31].  However,
it has become widely naturalized in the Northeast from Delaware to
Virginia, and in the Pacific Northwest [3].  The Himalayan blackberry
occurs from northern California through southern British Columbia
eastward to Idaho.  It is particularly widespread west of the Cascades
[14] and is now abundant along the Snake River in southeastern
Washington [13].  It is also locally established in parts of Utah and
perhaps Arizona [19,31].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES24  Hemlock - Sitka spruce
   FRES28  Western hardwoods


STATES : 
     CA  DE  ID  MD  OR  UT  VA  WA  BC


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     EBLA  NOCA  OLYM  REDW  SAJU


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    4  Sierra Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K001  Spruce - cedar - hemlock forest
   K002  Cedar - hemlock - Douglas-fir forest
   K102  Beech - maple forest
   K106  Northern hardwoods
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    21  Eastern white pine
    60  Beech - sugar maple
    64  Sassafras - persimmon
    78  Virginia pine - oak
    79  Virginia pine
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
   109  Hawthorn
   222  Black cottonwood - willow
   224  Western hemlock
   226  Coastal true fir - hemlock
   227  Western redcedar - western hemlock
   230  Douglas-fir - western hemlock


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Associated species:  A wide variety of weedy species occur with
Himalayan blackberry on disturbed sites in the Northeast and Pacific
Northwest. The following species commonly grow with Himalayan blackberry
in riparian zones of California:  trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus),
evergreen blackberry (R. laciniatus), Fremont cottonwood (Populus
fremontii), black cottonwood (P. trichocarpa), oaks (Quercus spp.),
arroyo willow (Salix lasiolepis), and other willows (Salix spp.)
[18,22,28,32].

Related categories for Species: Rubus discolor | Himalayan Blackberry