Rubus fuscus

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⚠ Dangerous Lookalikes — Has a deadly poisonous lookalike — see comparison below
Rubus fuscus
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Rubus fuscus
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten.

Dangerous Lookalikes

This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.

DEADLY
Red Baneberry
Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
SAFE
Rubus fuscus
Rubus fuscus
Rubus fuscus
Actaea rubra
Actaea rubra
Rubus fuscus

Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.

Rubus fuscus: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Belgium, Britain, Europe, Germany, Netherlands,

Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine

How to Identify

A temperate shrub in the Rosaceae family.

Names & Synonyms
Rubus rubiginosus Braeuckerand others

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