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Pennsylvania blackberry

Rubus pensilvanicus Poir.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rubus

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Pennsylvania blackberry: Rubus pensilvanicus in flower
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Common names

By language (4)
Azerbaijani
Buş böyürtkəni
Chinese
尖齿黑莓, 扬基莓
English
Pennsylvania blackberry, Andrews' blackberry, Branched blackberry, Burnham's blackberry, Bush's blackberry, Cape Cod blackberry, Cold Spring blackberry, Devil's blackberry
Persian
تمشک ارونسیس

Synonyms

  • Rubus abactus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus ablatus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus amnicola Blanch.
  • Rubus andrewsianus Blanch.
  • Rubus angustus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus argutus var. floridus (Tratt.) L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus argutus var. scissus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus arrectus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus arvensis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus associus Hanes ex L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus barbarus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus bellobatus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus blakei L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus bractealis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus brainerdii Rydb.
  • Rubus brainerdii Fernald
  • Rubus burnhamii L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus bushii L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus cardianus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus cauliflorus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus condensiflorus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus congruus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus cupressorum Fernald
  • Rubus defectionis Fernald
  • Rubus demareanus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus densipubens L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus densissimus H.A.Davis & T.Davis
  • Rubus difformis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus eriensis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus facetus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus fatuus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus floridus Tratt.
  • Rubus frondosus (Torr.) Bigelow
  • Rubus fructifer L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus frutifer L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus gattingeri L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus gnarus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus harperi L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus heterogeneus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus honorus L.H.Bailey

and 67 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.