Rosaceae Rubus ursinus - The Watershed Nursery€¦ · Rubus ursinus Rosaceae Native to California...
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The Watershed Nursery www.thewatershednursery.com California blackberry Rubus ursinus Rosaceae Native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America. The flowers host beneficial insects and it is good creek-side for erosion control. A deciduous climbing or trailing evergreen shrub. Native blackberry is not aggressive like it's Himalayan cousin. The berries are edible and tasty. Flowers host beneficial insects. Good creek-side for erosion control. Tolerates salt spray in shoreline and bluff plantings. Flowers February – June and berries July-August In the Garden Native American peoples ate the berries fresh or preserved and a decoction of the roots was taken for diarrhea by the Kashaya Pomo peoples of California. Ecological Value: Historical Uses: Native Distribution: Between 0 and 4500 feet Elevation: Coastal Strand, Douglas-Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, Wetland-riparian Plant Communities: In canyons, coastal, streambanks, and disturbed places Habitat: Sun: Water: Light, Moderate Full Sun, Part Shade Soil: Clay, Loam, Sand Other: Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Erosion Control
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California blackberry
Rubus ursinusRosaceae
Native to California and is also found outside of California, but isconfined to western North America.
The flowers host beneficial insects and it is good creek-side for erosion control.
A deciduous climbing or trailing evergreen shrub.
Native blackberry is not aggressive like it's Himalayan cousin.
The berries are edible and tasty. Flowers hostbeneficial insects.
Good creek-side for erosion control.
Tolerates salt spray in shoreline and bluff plantings.
Flowers February – June and berries July-August
In the Garden
Native American peoples ate the berries fresh or preserved and adecoction of the roots was taken for diarrhea by the Kashaya Pomo peoples of California.
Ecological Value:
Historical Uses:
Native Distribution:
Between 0 and 4500 feetElevation:
Coastal Strand, Douglas-Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, MixedEvergreen Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, ValleyGrassland, Wetland-riparian
Plant Communities:
In canyons, coastal, streambanks, and disturbed placesHabitat:
Sun:Water: Light, Moderate
Full Sun, Part Shade
Soil: Clay, Loam, SandOther: Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant,
Erosion Control
