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§1 Plant
Rubus parviflorus Nutt.
vernacular thimbleberry — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rubus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 107 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–45 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7.2
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 4 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 204,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- 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 107 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Iron 26071
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Ontonagon 26131
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
Minnesota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 12 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUPA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7872219 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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