Description ²

• Shape: Bramble
• Leaf/Branch arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White simple shaped, 5-6 petals
• Leaves: Alternately arranged, compound with three leaflets, leaflets 1¼ to 3 inches long, ¾ to 2 inches wide, lance-elliptic, center leaflet short-stalked and mostly diamond-shaped, lateral leaflets stalkless, tapering to a pointed tip, the base wedge shaped to round, the compound leaf stalk hairy and ¾ to 3 inches long, lower surface hairy
• Bark: smooth to moderately hairy, lack prickles and thorns
• Fruit/Seed: round clustered berry, ¼ to ½ inch in diameter, turning red to dark red when mature
• Height: 4-6 inches
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: stream banks, forest or shrub swamps, upland forest, open moist meadows

Sources and Credits

1. (c) aarongunnar, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by aarongunnar
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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