Northern Dewberry |
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A prostrate prickly briar that produces 1” white flowers from April through June followed by delicious large (1”) black fruit in July, leaves compound with 3 to 5 toothed leaflets up to 3” long, lots of prickly thorns, spreads by seed & rooting stems, the tap root that develops makes this plant very drought tolerant, will grow in very poor soils, good nectar source for native bees & butterflies, fruit are eagerly eaten by songbirds, game birds, small mammals (mice, chipmunks, etc…) and people, too!.
trailing up to 15’ but only 8-12” tall
Plant Hardiness Zones: 3b-8a
Perennial
Native Range: MN, s. ON, s. QC & ME south to se. NE, TX & FL. Rare in IN
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