Common
Name: Bramble
Latin
Name: Rubus Fruticosus
Type:
Evergreen
Location:
Milnthorpe, Lake District.
Ultimate
height: 3m
Ultimate
spread: 1 – 2.5m
Located
Rubus Fruticosus height: 0.5 - 1m
Leaf
Shape: Toothed, cordate/oval shaped leaves.
Bark:
Tough arched stems covered in sharp thorns, Pinky/red/brown in colour
Preferred
soil type: Most soils
Fruit/Flowers:
Fruits being the familiar blackberries, gradually changing from green, to red,
to deep purple prior to finally turning black when ripe. Flowers being 2 – 3cm
in width and white or pink in colour.
Distribution:
Native unknown
This particular Rubus Fruticosus is
located alongside a vehicle desire line in a large mixed woodland. It stands
amongst various other shrubs and trees in a mass of what seems self seeded
planting. Its location involved many other bramble plants surrounding, creating
a boarder to the man made dirt road. Its condition was as suspected for
bramble; very well, as bramble tends to thrive in most conditions. The ground
conditions were moist and dense which may have been due to the rainfall. I took
a sample of lower level soil and carried out soil pH tests which read to have a
pH of 7.5 indicating the soil to be ALKALINE
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| pH chart (GARDENERS mate) |
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| My illustration of the Rubus Fruticosus |
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