Rubus fecundus is a North American species of dewberry in section Procumbentes (formerly Flagellares) of the genus Rubus, a member of the rose family. It has been in central Canada and in the eastern and central United States, from Québec and Ontario south as far as Missouri, Alabama and South Carolina. Nowhere is it very common, though most of the known populations can be found in the Ozarks and the Appalachians.[2][3]

Rubus fecundus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. fecundus
Binomial name
Rubus fecundus
Synonyms[1]
  • Rubus celer L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus vixalacer L.H.Bailey

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Rubus fecundus L.H.Bailey
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1943. Species batorum. The genus Rubus in North America. V. Flagellares. Gentes Herbarum 5: 229-432