Sweet Fern – Mature Plant

Sweet Fern – Mature Plant

Sweet Fern Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. A much-branched shrub that spreads by rhizomes forming dense patches. It has long (10 cm), narrow, lobed, and fragrant leaves. Male and female flowers are borne in birch-like catkins. The male catkins are green to brown and...
Trailing Blackberry – Fruit

Trailing Blackberry – Fruit

Trailing Blackberry Rubus hispidus L. A trailing to low arching plant with weak bristles along a woody, vine-like stem. Stem tips that contact the soil may root and produce new plants. Plants hybridize and may be highly variable. Leaves are palmately compound with 3...
Trailing Blackberry – Flowers

Trailing Blackberry – Flowers

Trailing Blackberry Rubus hispidus L. A trailing to low arching plant with weak bristles along a woody, vine-like stem. Stem tips that contact the soil may root and produce new plants. Plants hybridize and may be highly variable. Leaves are palmately compound with 3...
Trailing Blackberry – Leaves

Trailing Blackberry – Leaves

Trailing Blackberry Rubus hispidus L. A trailing to low arching plant with weak bristles along a woody, vine-like stem. Stem tips that contact the soil may root and produce new plants. Plants hybridize and may be highly variable. Leaves are palmately compound with 3...
Trailing Blackberry  – Young Plant

Trailing Blackberry – Young Plant

Trailing Blackberry Rubus hispidus L. A trailing to low arching plant with weak bristles along a woody, vine-like stem. Stem tips that contact the soil may root and produce new plants. Plants hybridize and may be highly variable. Leaves are palmately compound with 3...