Question: Is this a Rubus? Mixed woods, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Other leaves are probably Maianthemum canadense, which is common.
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Is this a Rubus? Mixed woods, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Other leaves are probably Maianthemum canadense, which is common.
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Dear jfc, it looks like you may have photographed Rubus enslenii (Enslen's blackberry). This is a slender, trailing species with moderate-sized prickles and often a solitary flower on the flowering canes. It is a forest species, often associated with oak and/or hickory.
