Rubus trivialis

Classification	Dicots
Family	Rosaceae
Family (Traditional)	Rosaceae
Genus	Rubus
Species:	Rubus trivialis Michx.
Common Name	Southern Dewberry
Growth Habit	subshrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: Yes; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: subshrub; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Persistance: Tardily Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: doubly serrate; Leaflet Number: 3; Leaflet Number: 5; Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Aggregate; Fruit Type: Berry; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	3
Status	Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Clark (KY), Fleming (KY), Fulton (KY), Garrard (KY), Hickman (KY), Robertson (KY), Campbell (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Crockett (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Haywood (TN), Lake (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Lawrence (TN), Marion (TN), Obion (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Tipton (TN), Weakley (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, HTTU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1972 - 2013

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0117343	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117334	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117344	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117336	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117346	Tipton	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117342	Obion	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117337	Crockett	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117341	Lauderdale	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117340	Lauderdale	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117335	Carroll	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117347	Tipton	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117345	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117338	Haywood	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117339	Lake	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0242098	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Rubus trivialis
TENN-V-0117643	Clark	Kentucky			TENN Rubus trivialis
UCHT015294	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Rubus trivialis
UCHT015293	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Rubus trivialis
APSC0099599	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Rubus trivialis
APSC0004593	Giles	Tennessee	March 2007	Dwayne Estes 9696	APSC Rubus trivialis
APSC0081112	Fulton	Kentucky			APSC Rubus trivialis
APSC0077670	Fulton	Kentucky	05 Jun 1984	John Macgregor	APSC Rubus trivialis
APSC0113468	Grundy	Tennessee			APSC Rubus trivialis
APSC0070108	Ballard	Kentucky	07 Oct 1986	Max Medley	APSC Rubus trivialis
HTTU015363		Tennessee			HTTU Rubus trivialis
HTTU015365		Tennessee			HTTU Rubus trivialis
HTTU015360	Lawrence	Tennessee			HTTU Rubus trivialis
HTTU015362	Lawrence	Tennessee			HTTU Rubus trivialis
HTTU015364	Cheatham	Tennessee			HTTU Rubus trivialis
HTTU015366	Roane	Tennessee			HTTU Rubus trivialis
HTTU015361	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Rubus trivialis
MTSU008450	Rutherford	Tennessee	28 Apr 2013	Adrian Baugh Sample 36	MTSU Rubus trivialis
MTSU008451	Williamson	Tennessee	23 Apr 1986	Jim Ohlsson	MTSU Rubus trivialis
MTSU008453	DeKalb	Tennessee	01 May 1988	Phillip Hendrix	MTSU Rubus trivialis
MTSU008452	Dickson	Tennessee	30 Apr 1991	Susan Claiborne	MTSU Rubus trivialis
MTSU008454	Rutherford	Tennessee	29 Apr 1988	Lisa Wilson	MTSU Rubus trivialis
MTSU008449	Rutherford	Tennessee	11 Apr 2007	Melissa Shelby	MTSU Rubus trivialis
UTM00872		Kentucky			UTM Rubus trivialis
UTM00877		Tennessee			UTM Rubus trivialis
UTM00878	Weakley	Tennessee			UTM Rubus trivialis
UTM00876	Weakley	Tennessee			UTM Rubus trivialis
UTM00874	Obion	Tennessee			UTM Rubus trivialis
UTM00873	Weakley	Tennessee			UTM Rubus trivialis
UTM00875	Gibson	Tennessee			UTM Rubus trivialis
31234100636131	Robertson	Kentucky	05 Jul 1999	Ross C. Clark 25083	EKY Rubus trivialis
31234100637345	Garrard	Kentucky	27 May 2011	W. W. Overbeck 1280	EKY Rubus trivialis
31234100637352	Hickman	Kentucky	19 Oct 1997	Ross C. Clark with Paul & James Beck, Carrie Tilton 23,837	EKY Rubus trivialis
31234100637337	Fleming	Kentucky	20 Jul 1999	Ross C. Clark, Ryan Bauer 25331	EKY Rubus trivialis
31234100637360	Carroll	Tennessee	29 Apr 1972	Betty Ann Thompson 95	EKY Rubus trivialis

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