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SPECIES: Rubus ursinus | Trailing Blackberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
RUBURS

SYNONYMS : 
   Rubus macropetalus
   Rubus ursinus var. macropetalus
   Rubus vitifolius
   Rubus ursinus var. medusae
   Rubus sirbenus
   Rubus vitifolius ssp. ursinus


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   RUUR
   RUURM
   RUURU
   RUURS
   RUURU2


COMMON NAMES : 
   trailing blackberry
   California blackberry
   western dewberry
   Douglasberry
   Pacific blackberry
   dewberry
   wild blackberry
   blackberry
   California dewberry
   native blackberry
   edible blackberry
   native trailing blackberry
   California grapeleaf dewberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of trailing blackberry is Rubus
ursinus Cham. and Schlecht.  Recognized subspecies and varieties are as
follows [43]:

     R. u. ssp. macropetalus (Dougl. ex Hook.)Taylor and MacBryde

     R. u. ssp. ursinus
           var. sirbenus (Bailey)J.T. Howell
           var. ursinus  

A number of commercially grown cultivars have been derived from the
trailing blackberry [54].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
D. Tirmenstein, October 1989.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tirmenstein, D. 1989. Rubus ursinus. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Rubus ursinus | Trailing Blackberry