Rubus lasiococcus A. Gray
dwarf bramble (roughfruit berry)
Rosaceae (Rose family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Adolf Ceska     (Photo ID #20441)


Map

E-Flora BC Static Map

Distribution of Rubus lasiococcus
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Species Information

General:
Perennial, with slender trailing stems and erect flowering branches; stems trailing, stolon-like, to 2 m long, often rooting at the nodes, short-hairy; flowering branches short, to 10 cm tall.
Leaves:
Alternate, deciduous,1 to 3 per flowering branch, long-stalked, simple, the blades heart-kidney-shaped, 2-6 cm wide, shallowly to deeply 3-lobed, the lobes rounded, double-saw-toothed, green on both surfaces, sparsely hairy above and on the veins beneath; stipules membranous, egg-shaped.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of 1 or 2 long-stalked flowers atop short leafy shoots, the stalks not glandular; corollas white, the petals 5, broadly egg-shaped, 5-8 mm long, erect; calyces densely short-hairy, 5-lobed, the lobes lance-egg-shaped, 4-8 mm long, bent back; ovaries superior; stamens numerous, the filaments slender, not flattened.
Fruits:
Drupelets, densely short-hairy, few to several in a red hemispheric cluster; like a rudimentary raspberry, the berries about 1 cm wide.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Illustration

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Rubus lasiococcus

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)

Site Information
Value / Class

Avg

Min

Max

Elevation (metres)
1508 1300 1720
Slope Gradient (%)
35 4 68

Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]

8 5 358
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric]
3 2 5
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
B
# of field plots
 species was recorded in:
15
Modal BEC Zone Class
ESSF

All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in

ESSF(14), MH(1)

Habitat and Range

Mesic to moist thickets and open forests in the montane and lower subalpine zones; rare in SW BC; S to N CA.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia