American Red Raspberry

Rubus idaeus L.

Rose family

Plant Type
Subshrub
Life Cycle
Perennial
Mature Height
8.0 feet
Flower Color
White
Bloom Time
Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Host Amphipyra pyramidoides, Ancylis apicana, Ancylis comptana, Anisota senatoria, Apatelodes torrefacta, Automeris io io, Cerastis tenebrifera, Choristoneura rosaceana, Diachrysia balluca, Eueretagrotis perattentus, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Euxoa auxilaris, Euxoa scandens, Habrosyne scripta, Halysidota tessellaris, Haploa lecontei, Hemigraphiphora plebeia, Hydria undulata, Hyphantria cunae, Incurvaria rubiella, Lampronai rubiella, Lophocampa caryae, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma californica california, Malacosoma disstria, Melanchra assimilis, Melanchra picta, Mythimna unipuncta, Nematocampa limbata, Nematocampa resistaria, Orthosia rubescens, Paonias excaecata, Papaipema cataphracta, Papaipema nebris, Pennisetia marginata, Peridroma saucia, Plagodis pulveraria, Platynota idaeusalis, Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides, Pyrrharctia isabella, Schizura concinna, Schizura ipomoeae, Schizura unicornis, Schreckensteinia festaliella, Spaelotis clandestina, Sparganothis umbrana, Spilosoma virginica, Spodoptera dolichos, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Spodoptera praefica, Synanthedon tupuliformis, Synchlora aerata, Synchlora aerata albolineata, Synchlora aerata albolineata, Trichordestra tacoma, Xanthorhoe lacustrata, Xanthotype sospeta, Xestia adela, Xestia normanianus, Xestia smithii

Native Range

  • USA:  Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
  • CAN:  British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
  • MEX:  Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest

Regional Native Status: L48 (NI), AK (NI), CAN (NI), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.

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