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Salmonberry
Salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate rainforest
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

The salmonberry is a thorny shrub found in damp forests along the Pacific coast. Its translucent orange fruits can change color to deep red as they ripen in the summer sun.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rubus
Species
Rubus spectabilis