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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Rosaceae
Rubus allegheniensis Porter ex L.H.Bailey
Allegheny blackberry, common blackberry
Rubus: Latin name for "bramble" or "blackberry"
allegheniensis: referring to Allegheny Mountains
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to arching, perennial, 2'-7' tall shrub; first year's cane erect, not rooting, thorns large and nearly straight |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 3/4" wide, stalk with glandular hairs, petals longer than the sepals; inflorescence usually many stalked flowered in a long cluster (raceme); blooms May-July |
| Fruit: | black, 1/2", longer than wide berry |
| Leaf: | 3-5 parted, leaflets deeply toothed |
| Habitat: | disturbed forests and edges |
| (Glossary) |
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