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§1 Plant
Rubus argutus Link
vernacular sawtooth blackberry — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rubus
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 639 counties across 22 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -13 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 8.2 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 8 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 639 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bibb 01007
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Choctaw 01023
- Cleburne 01029
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Morgan 01103
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Cleveland 05025
- Craighead 05031
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Mississippi 05093
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Charlton 13049
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Early 13099
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Gordon 13129
- Harris 13145
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Liberty 13179
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Pickens 13227
- Putnam 13237
- Screven 13251
- Toombs 13279
- Walker 13295
- Wheeler 13309
- Whitfield 13313
Illinois view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Champaign 17019
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
Indiana view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Floyd 18043
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Monroe 18105
- Morgan 18109
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- Switzerland 18155
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- Mason 21161
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Webster 21233
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Barton 29011
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Dade 29057
- Dunklin 29069
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Lawrence 29109
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Osage 29151
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pike 29163
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Stoddard 29207
- Wayne 29223
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 70 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Avery 37011
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
Tennessee view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lincoln 47103
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 78 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUAR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2990801 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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