Rubus fruticosus Linnaeus 1753 (Family Rosaceae)


Plant

Leaves

Flower

Fruit

Colour Variant

Height: 100-200cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - August (Earliest: 23.5)

Habitat:
Hedge Rows

Spruce Forest Edge
Pollination:
Several Apidae

Tenthredo temula

Ochlodes sylvanus

Pyrgus malvae

Polyommatus icarus

Several Nymphalidae

Several Pieridae

Eurrhypara hortulata

Several Syrphidae

Empis livida

Empis tessellata

Byturus tomentosus

Several Cerambycidae

Hemicrepidius niger

Meligethes viridescens

Omosita depressa
Parasites:
Necrosis Virus

Coryneopsis rubi

Phragmidium violaceum

Anthonomus rubi Larva
(Flower Gall)

Lasioptera rubi

Stigmella aurella

Coleophora potentillae
Herbivores:
Capreolus capreolus

Pyrgus malvae Larva

Several Geometridae

Callimorpha dominula

Cybosia mesomella Larva

Ceramica pisi

Phlogophora meticulosa

Macrothylacia rubi

Udea lutealis Larva

Syndemis musculana Larva

Thyatira batis

Agrilus cyanescens

Several Tenthredinidae Larvae

Arge cyanocrocea Larva

Arge gracilicornis Larva
Sapivores:
Several Miridae

Aphrophora alni
Frugivores:
Byturus tomentosus Larva
Nests:
Anas platyrhynchos

Troglodytes troglodytes

Many Sylviidae

Lanius collurio

Emberiza citrinella

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Bramble


Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 J.K. Lindsey

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