PLANTS Profile for Rubus cuneifolius (sand blackberry)

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Rubus cuneifolius Pursh
sand blackberry

Symbol:

RUCU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Rubus cuneifolius Pursh

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Synonyms:
Rubus cuneifolius Pursh

	RUCH5	Rubus chapmanii L.H. Bailey
	RUCUA	Rubus cuneifolius Pursh var. angustior L.H. Bailey
	RUCUS2	Rubus cuneifolius Pursh var. spiniceps L.H. Bailey
	RUCUS	Rubus cuneifolius Pursh var. subellipticus Fernald
	RUDI11	Rubus dixiensis Davis, Fuller & Davis

Distribution:
Rubus cuneifolius Pursh


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, VA)

Related Taxa:
Rubus cuneifolius Pursh

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 237 species in Rubus

Classification:
Rubus cuneifolius Pursh

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Rubus L. – blackberry
Species	Rubus cuneifolius Pursh – sand blackberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rubus cuneifolius Pursh

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
sand bramble		Special Concern
New Hampshire:
wedge sand blackberry		Endangered
New York:
sand blackberry		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
sand blackberry		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Rubus cuneifolius Pursh

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

UPL

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Rubus cuneifolius Pursh

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Moderate		Moderate	Moderate			Moderate	Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Rubus cuneifolius Pursh

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24905.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 04:24 AM CST