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 and 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 and butterflies, fruit are eagerly eaten by small mammals (mice, chipmunks, etc…) as well as foraging humans, average to dry soil, sun to partial sun, trailing up to 15’, only 8-12” tall.
Zone 3-8
Native Range: Minnesota, s. Ontario, s. Quebec & Maine south to se. Nebraska, Texas & Florida. Rare in IN
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