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Rubus decumbens (Northern dewberry)

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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera, Apomictic
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit; A black dye is obtained from the green twigs;
Height [1]  8 inches (0.2 m)
Width [1]  6.56 feet (2 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Rubus decumbens

Protected Areas

Predators

Melanoplus bivittatus (Yellow-striped Locust)[3]
Schistocerca lineata (Spotted Bird Grasshopper)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3The Food-habits and Biology of Acrididae in an Old-field Community in Southeastern Michigan, S. K. Gangwere, F. C. Evans, and M. L. Nelson, The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 9, No. 2 (1976)
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0