Rubus flagellaris Willd.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Massachusetts

• County/Municipio

  Essex Co.

• Locality

  at the end of an abandoned dirt road, around 350 ft W of South Main Street (rt. 28), about 0.2 air miles SSW of the intersection of Rt. 28 & Rt. 125, and about 0.25 mi N of Martins Pond

• Elevation

  Alt. 23 m. (75 ft.)

• Coordinates

  42.6027, -71.1232

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Rubus flagellaris Willd. x R. setosus Bigel.
ROSACEAE
Subshrubs forming dense clumps, stems arching up to 18in,
occasionally creeping with age. In a partly sunny opening in
a young 2nd-growth wooded thicket, in moist sandy soil (an
old sand pit). Growing with Acer rubrum, Anthoxanthum sp.,
Baptisia tinctoria, Betula populifolia, Bromus inermis (rare),
Carexpensylvanica, Celastrus orbiculatus, Cerastium sp.,
Clethra alnifolia, Comptonia peregrina, Dactylis glomerata,
Danthonia spicata, Elytrigia repens, Fragaria virginica,
Gaultheriaprocumbens, Helianthemum sp., Hieracium
piloselloides, H. gronovii, Hypericum perforatum, Juncus
tenuis, Lechea sp., Lespedeza capitata, Linaria canadensis,
Lysimachia quadrifolia, Maianthemum canadense,
Parthenocissus sp., Phleum pratense, Pinus strobus, Poa
nemoralis, Polytrichum commune (?), Populus grandidentata,
Potentilla argentea, P. simplex (?), Prunus pensylvanica, P.
serotina, Pteridium aquilinum, Quercus alba, Q. coccinea, Q.
velutina, Rhamnus frangula, Rubus flagellaris, R. hispidus, R.
setosus, Rumex acetosella, Solidago juncea (?), S. nemoralis,
S. puberula, S. rugosa, Stellaria sp., Tradescantia sp.,
Vaccinium angustifolium, & Viola primulifolia (rare). At the
end of an abandoned dirt road, around 350ft W of South Main
Street (Rt. 28), about 0.2 air-miles SSW of the intersection of
Rt. 28 & Rt. 125, and about 0.25 mi N of Martins Pond.
Essex Co. Elev. about 75ft. 42° 36' 09.6"N, 71° 07' 23.4"W;
UTM 19T 325830E, 4718878N (NAD83AVGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3998
18 June 2008
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