Allegheny Blackberry

Rubus allegheniensis Porter

Rose family

Plant Type

Subshrub

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

6.0 feet

Spread

3.0 feet

Flower Color

White

Bloom Time

Mid Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Water

Water Use Medium

Drought Tolerance High

Flood Tolerance Low

Soil

Soil Types Clay, Loam

CaCO3 Tolerance High

Fertility Need Medium

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance High

Salt Tolerance None

Climate

pH Range 4.6 – 7.5

Frost-Free Days 120 days

Precipitation 30 – 48 in

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 comptana, Anisota senatoria, Apatelodes torrefacta, Argyrotaenia velutinana, Automeris io, Cepphis decoloraria, Cnidocampa flavescens, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Eupsilia sidus, Euxoa auxilaris, Euxoa scandens, Habrosyne scripta, Haploa colona, Haploa lecontei, Hemileuca eglanterina, Hemileuca maia maia, Heterocampa guttivitta, Hyalophora cecropia, Hydria undulata, Hypena californica, Hypena scabra, Hyphantria cunae, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma californica california, Nematocampa limbata, Nematocampa resistaria, Orgyia antiqua, Orgyia vetusta, Palthis angulalis, Paonias excaecata, Papaipema cataphracta, Papaipema nebris, Peridroma saucia, Phigalia titea, Phyllodesma americana, Pyrrharctia isabella, Pyrrhia umbra, Schizura concinna, Schizura ipomoeae, Schizura unicornis, Spilosoma virginica, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Spodoptera praefica, Sutyna privata, Synchlora aerata, Tischeria aenea, Trichordestra legitima, Xanthorhoe lacustrata

Fall Color No

Evergreen No

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
CAN: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (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.