Sand Blackberry (Rubus cuneifolius)

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Floridian Lutz, FL(Zone 9b) Aug 22, 2006

Sand Blackberry
Rubus cuneifolius

Ripening berries in Levy County Florida July 2006

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pepper23 KC Metro area, MO(Zone 6a) Aug 22, 2006

They look sooo good!!! Now I want some!!

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RoyRogers Tampa, FL(Zone 9b) Aug 22, 2006

I grew up in Southern Mississippi and there used to be a berry that grew along the country roads. I'm wondering if perhaps this is the same berry. It has to be native plant and not an introduction. We used to pick the berries and eat them fresh. They had a mild flavor. I used to like to mash them up, add fresh milk, and have a berry milk shake. We called the berry "Dew Berry". Not tart like black berries which grew on bushes. The plant was a vine and not a bush.

I've lived in the Tampabay area for the last 30 years and have never been able to find what I used to call "Dew Berries" anywhere in the area.

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Floridian Lutz, FL(Zone 9b) Sep 15, 2006

Hi Roy,

I did a bit of searching and found 2 native Dewberry vines.

The first is Rubus trivialis aka Southern Dewberry. Here is a couple of links that might help you

http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/ros/rubus_trivialis.htm
http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3943
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53002/index.html

There is also Rubus flagellaris aka Northern Dewberry or Common Dewberry
which is also found all over the south. I read that the leaves of Southern Dewberry are evergreen, while those of Common or Northern Dewberry are deciduous.

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/cm_dewberry.htm
http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3911
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53003/index.html

Hope this helps,

Stacey

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RoyRogers Tampa, FL(Zone 9b) Sep 17, 2006

Floridian,

Thanks a lot. I've looked at the images of the berries and that's definitely what I remember. Southern Dewberry is the one. I remember eating Dewberries and Blackberries, but Dewberries were my favorite for fresh eating. Blackberries were good for making pies.

I can't believe they are growing all around us here in Florida, because I never see them, but then again I don't walk the dirt roads and woods like I used to do as a kid in the backwoods of Mississippi.

Thanks again for finding the information.

Roy

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