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§1 Plant
Rubus leucodermis Douglas ex Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular whitebark raspberry — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Subshrub, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rubus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 108 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 7 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.6–7.3
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 422,168
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 108 counties across 9 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
California view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Butte 06007
- Colusa 06011
- Del Norte 06015
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Mendocino 06045
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Plumas 06063
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Sonoma 06097
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
Idaho view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Curry 41015
- Douglas 41019
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Linn 41043
- Marion 41047
- Multnomah 41051
- Polk 41053
- Sherman 41055
- Umatilla 41059
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Yamhill 41071
Utah view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Asotin 53003
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- King 53033
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Yakima 53077
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RULE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8110785 ↗Record version
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