Rubus fruticosus species aggregate (Blackberry)
Blackberry is a prickly scrambling shrub with dark coloured berries. It forms thickets and is one of Australia’s worst weeds. See:
https://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/Blackberry
Blackberry has already cost around $100 million to control and in lost production.
The Rubus fruticosus species aggregate,
There are lots of different blackberry species. In NSW, the European blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) is most common. Rubus fruticosusis the collective name for different European blackberry species. Nine species occur in NSW:
- Rubus anglocandicans
- Rubus leucostachys
- Rubus polyanthemus
- Rubus laciniatus
- Rubus ulmifolius var. ulmifolius and var. anoplothyrsus
- Rubus vestitus
- Rubus leightonii
- Rubus phaeocarpus
Scholalry botanical literature Au taxonomy references :
• Evans, Katherine J., David E. Symon, Molly A. Whalen, John R. Hosking, Robyn M. Barker, and Julie A. Oliver (2007)
Systematics of the Rubus fruticosus aggregate (Rosaceae) and other exotic Rubus taxa in Australia.
Australian Systematic Botany 20 (3) : 187–251 .
https://doi.org/10.1071/SB06044
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=16574945718337799887
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• Flora of NSW online PlantNet – Rubus (genus) page and botanical key to species :
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Rubus
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All viewed 2024 November 8th .
Rubus fruticosus species aggregate is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast
Species information
- Rubus fruticosus species aggregate Scientific name
- Blackberry Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 737m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Rubus fruticosus species complex
Location information
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Maps
ANBG South Annex Attunga Point Batemans Marine Park Bomaderry Creek Bushcare Bomaderry Creek Regional Park Cotter Reserve Dunlop Grasslands Eurobodalla National Park Farrer Ridge Higgins Woodland Jerrabomberra Wetlands Jervis Bay National Park Manyana Inyadda Drive development area Mcleods Creek Res (Gundaroo) Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Jerrabomberra QP Mount Majura The Pinnacle Turallo Nature Reserve Urambi Hills Wairo Beach and Dolphin Point Wallagoot LALC Watson Woodlands -
Places
Acton, ACT Bermagui, NSW Bruce, ACT Fadden, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Gundaroo, NSW Hackett, ACT Higgins, ACT Kianga, NSW Long Beach, NSW Mount Fairy, NSW O'Malley, ACT Paddys River, ACT Throsby, ACT Wallagoot, NSW Yarralumla, ACT
