Rubus regionalis is a North American species of bristleberry in section Setosi of the genus Rubus, a member of the rose family. It grows in eastern and central Canada (Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick) and the north-central and northeastern United States (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine).[2][3][4]

Rubus regionalis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. regionalis
Binomial name
Rubus regionalis
Synonyms[1]
  • Rubus junceus var. regionalis L.H. Bailey 1932
  • Rubus viridifrons L.H.Bailey 1947

R. regionalis grows in surface-dry to wet ecotonal (transitional) communities between shallow wetlands or brushlands and forested uplands dominated by pines (Pinus) or quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). These habitats are sedgy, grassy, brushy, or sometimes mossy. It forms small intertangled colonies in full sunlight to partial shade.

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Rubus recurvicaulis Blanch.
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  3. ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1932. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 2(6): 359
  4. ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1947. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 7(3): 240