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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Rosaceae
Rubus occidentalis L.
black-cap, black raspberry
Rubus: Latin name for "bramble" or "blackberry"
occidentalis: Latin for "western"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to arching, perennial shrub; first year's canes sometimes rooting at the tip, whitened; a few fine thorns with wide bases |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/2" wide, petals shorter than the sepals; inflorescence of 3-7 flowers in a dense, umbel-like cluster (cyme) and also 1 or 2 from the upper leaf axils; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | purple/black, 1/3" thick, round berry with a hollow center |
| Leaf: | undivided to 3-5 parted with deep, irregular teeth; underside covered with soft gray or white fuzz |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; woods, fields, thickets |
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