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§1 Plant
Rubus cuneifolius Pursh
vernacular sand 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 216 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -13 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 200 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 216 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bullock 01011
- Chambers 01017
- Chilton 01021
- Clarke 01025
- Coffee 01031
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Macon 01087
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bradford 12007
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUCU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2996841 ↗Record version
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