Rubus hispidus

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRosaceae
Family (Traditional)Rosaceae
GenusRubus
Species:Rubus hispidus L.
Common NameBristly Dewberry
Growth Habitsubshrub
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: Yes; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: PK; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: SM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: subshrub; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Persistance: Tardily Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: doubly serrate; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; 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; Pistil Number: 4; Pistil Number: 6; Pistil Number: 7; Pistil Number: 8; Pistil Number: 9; Pistil Number: 10; Pistil Number: 11; Pistil Number: 12; Pistil Number: 13+; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 13+
C value 5
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
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

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Rubus hispidus var. major Rubus hispidus var. major
Rubus vigil Rubus vigil L.H. Bailey

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: Bell (KY), Clinton (KY), Knox (KY), Larue (KY), Laurel (KY), McCreary (KY), Marion (KY), Menifee (KY), Montgomery (KY), Morgan (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Whitley (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Johnson (TN), Morgan (TN), Pickett (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1942 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100636297 Montgomery Kentucky 25 May 1942 Mary E. Wharton
EKY
Rubus hispidus
31234100638335 Laurel Kentucky 13 Jun 1993 Steve Walker
607
EKY
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117145 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117150 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117146 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117152 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
UCHT015263 Cheatham Tennessee
UCHT
Rubus hispidus
APSC0081167 McCreary Kentucky 18 Jun 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Rubus hispidus
APSC0069501 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Rubus hispidus
HTTU026108 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
MTSU008431 Rutherford Tennessee 01 May 1988 Michael B. Gupton
MTSU
Rubus hispidus
UOS05651 Franklin Tennessee 13 Jun 1997 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Rubus hispidus
UOS05623 Franklin Tennessee 30 Apr 1998 Sarah McCarthy
UOS
Rubus hispidus
BRIT143831 Tennessee
VDB
Rubus hispidus
BRIT143706 Tennessee
VDB
Rubus hispidus
BRIT143832 Tennessee
VDB
Rubus hispidus
31234100779774 Menifee Kentucky 07 Jul 2017 Thomas McFadden
558
EKY
Rubus hispidus
31234100636388 Putnam Tennessee 29 Jul 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5131
EKY
Rubus hispidus
31234100636271 Laurel Kentucky 28 Jun 1993 Steve Walker
649
EKY
Rubus hispidus
31234100636289 Marion Kentucky 24 Sep 1998 Ross C. Clark
24052
EKY
Rubus hispidus
BEREA021233 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Rubus hispidus
N/A Johnson Tennessee 01 Jul 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Rubus hispidus
ETSU005023 Johnson Tennessee 19 Jun 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117549 McCreary Kentucky
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117160 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117148 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
HTTU033411 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
BRIT143828 Tennessee
VDB
Rubus hispidus
31234100636339 Whitley Kentucky 25 Jul 1993 Steve Walker
710
EKY
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117153 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117151 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117149 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117147 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117159 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
APSC0083949 McCreary Kentucky 05 Sep 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Rubus hispidus
HTTU015334 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
MTSU008432 Grundy Tennessee 22 Jul 1971 W. A. O.
MTSU
Rubus hispidus
UOS05650 Bledsoe Tennessee 12 Jun 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Rubus hispidus
BRIT143829 Tennessee
VDB
Rubus hispidus
31234100636370 Fentress Tennessee 01 Aug 1989 Ronald L. Jones
6185
EKY
Rubus hispidus
31234100636305 Montgomery Kentucky 22 May 1942 Mary E. Wharton
6125
EKY
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117534 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Rubus hispidus
APSC0081153 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Rubus hispidus
APSC0083730 McCreary Kentucky 07 Aug 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Rubus hispidus
APSC0102736 Grundy Tennessee
APSC
Rubus hispidus
BRIT143830 Tennessee
VDB
Rubus hispidus
ETSU008756 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Rubus hispidus
31234100636321 Whitley Kentucky 10 May 1993 Steve Walker
630
EKY
Rubus hispidus
BEREA021234 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117154 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0242099 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
UCHT015264 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Rubus hispidus
HTTU015338 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
HTTU029721 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
HTTU019904 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
BRIT143707 Tennessee
VDB
Rubus hispidus
BRIT143705 Tennessee
VDB
Rubus hispidus
31234100636396 Cumberland Tennessee 03 Jun 1987 Ronald L. Jones
4830
EKY
Rubus hispidus
APSC0081155 Knox Kentucky
APSC
Rubus hispidus
HTTU015336 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
HTTU026141 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
MTSU008434 Rutherford Tennessee 26 Apr 1988
MTSU
Rubus hispidus
MTSU008420 Anderson Tennessee 12 Apr 2012 Natalie Rich
34
MTSU
Rubus hispidus
UOS05646 Franklin Tennessee 19 May 1973 Jarrell
UOS
Rubus hispidus
31234100636263 Clinton Kentucky 15 Jun 1995 Gary W. Libby
968
EKY
Rubus hispidus
BEREA021232 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Rubus hispidus
ETSU005326 Johnson Tennessee 12 Aug 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117155 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117144 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117550 Montgomery Kentucky
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117158 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
APSC0081168 McCreary Kentucky 18 Jun 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Rubus hispidus
APSC0072969 Morgan Kentucky 15 Jun 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Rubus hispidus
HTTU015337 Pickett Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
31234100636313 Powell Kentucky 08 Jun 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
5748
EKY
Rubus hispidus
BEREA021231 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117156 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
TENN-V-0117157 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Rubus hispidus
APSC0067834 Larue Kentucky
APSC
Rubus hispidus
APSC0110949 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Rubus hispidus
HTTU015335 White Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
HTTU015332 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
HTTU015333 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
HTTU015331 Johnson Tennessee
HTTU
Rubus hispidus
BRIT143827 Tennessee
VDB
Rubus hispidus
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