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PLANTS

American red raspberry

Rubus idaeus

Plants
NativeShrubPerennialWhite flowers
American red raspberry, photo 1 of 5
American red raspberry, In flower
American red raspberry, In fruit
1.8 mHeight

Perennial shrub reaching 1.8 m. Grows in forests and in marshes.

There are 8,798 observations of American red raspberry in Québec, mostly in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in July and August and become rare from November to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Bas-Saint-Laurent1,058
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue943
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean780
  4. Outaouais718
  5. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine677
  6. Capitale-Nationale604
  7. Nord-du-Québec576
  8. Laurentides552
  9. Mauricie545
  10. Chaudière-Appalaches533
  11. Estrie533
  12. Côte-Nord384
  13. Lanaudière309
  14. Montérégie294
  15. Centre-du-Québec159
  16. Montréal118
  17. Laval15

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg

Similar species

Black raspberryRubus occidentalis
Dwarf red blackberryRubus pubescens
Allegheny blackberryRubus allegheniensis
Western thimbleberryRubus parviflorus
Purpleflowering raspberryRubus odoratus
TOXIC
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