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Cutleaf Blackberry (Evergreen Blackberry) | Rubus laciniatus

May contain: berry, food, fruit, plant, produce, raspberry, and leaf
Photo Credit: Steve Dewey
May contain: leaf, plant, tree, vegetation, and flower
Photo Credit: Joseph M. DiTomaso
May contain: berry, food, fruit, plant, produce, and blackberry
Photo Credit: Leslie J. Mehrhoff
May contain: berry, food, fruit, plant, produce, raspberry, and leaf
May contain: leaf, plant, tree, vegetation, and flower
May contain: berry, food, fruit, plant, produce, and blackberry

Deeply incised, evergreen leaflets usually in groups of 5, (narrower leaflets than Himalayan blackberry). Thorns are slightly curved with a thick base. Small white to pink flowers in May-July. Mature berries are black in color, round shaped.

Plant Details

Habitat NotesRoadsides, fencerows, fields, canal and ditch banks as well as riparian areas and other disturbed sites. Can tolerate periodic flooding.
Mature Height10’