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Woody Plants of U. S. A.
ROSACEAE Rubus occidentalis L.
Primocanes arching, to 2 m. high and several m. long;
pith white; stem and petiole with easily rubbed off white
waxy bloom, green beneath this bloom. Primocanes still
growing, the lowest leaves with 5 leaflets, the middle
ones with 3 leaflets and the lower pair lobed, the upper
leaves 3-foliolate and still unfolding. Floricanes
arching, seldom over 1.5 m. high, sometimes rooting
at the tip and sending up new primocanes; floricanes
with short upright side branches, the pith of old stems
and short fertile shoots light tan; old stems brown
(almost purple-brown), with part of waxy bloom worn
off. Leaves of fertile shoots often somewhat yellow-
green above, decidedly whitened below, but greener than
on the primocanes. Fruit abundant, first pale green,
then bright shiny red and hard, then turning dark shiny
purple and then easily removed from the white recep-
tacle, hemispherical, juicy, seedy, with pleasant taste,
the edible fruits commonly gathered in the region.
Abundant, with R^_ cf. allegheniensis. R. strigosus. but
commoner than these species. In ungrazed woods of
Quercus alba, Acer rubrum, Ostrya virginiana on E-facing
slope, logged about 6 years ago and with ca. 50% canopy.
WISCONSIN: Richland Co., 3 miles SE of Richland Center.
T 10 N; R 1 E; SEiSWi sec. 25.	alt. 260 m.
Coll.: M. Nee	15173-a	June 2i> „
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