§1 Plant — species · Rosaceae
Rubus idaeus L.
vernacular American red raspberry
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rubus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -62 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 88 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–104 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 9 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Slight
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 270,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Montana distribution
Recorded in 22 of 56 Montana counties.
Both · 22 counties
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Jefferson 30043
- Lake 30047
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUID ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2993094 ↗Record version
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