Dewberry
Rubus pubescens
Bird foodPollinator plant

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Growing it
| When | Flowers in June; fruits July to August |
|---|---|
| Type | groundcover |
| Sun | Full sun, partial shade |
| Water | Medium, high |
| Soil | pH 5–6.5 |
| Hardiness | zone 2–6 |
| Mature height | 0.2 m |
| Mature spread | 0.45 m |
| Spacing | 0.3 m |
| Years to maturity | 2 |
| Bloom | Jun |
| Flower colour | White Pink read from a published flora |
| In bloom | June |
| Fruit | Jul–Aug |
| Native to | AB, SK |
leaves in threes about 6 cm long
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Western Alberta Upland central AB: 381 records, high confidence
- Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 275 records, high confidence
- Mid-Boreal Uplands central AB / SK: 172 records, high confidence
- Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 143 records, high confidence
- Northern Continental Divide south AB: 30 records, high confidence
- Cypress Upland south AB / SK: 27 records, high confidence
- Eastern Continental Ranges central AB: 24 records, high confidence
- Peace Lowland north AB: 24 records, high confidence
- Slave River Lowland north AB: 19 records, medium confidence
- Wabasca Lowland north AB: 11 records, medium confidence
- Western Boreal central AB: 10 records, medium confidence
- Moist Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 9 records, medium confidence
- Churchill River Upland north SK: 6 records, low confidence
- Hay River Lowland north AB: 4 records, low confidence
- Tazin Lake Upland north AB / SK: 4 records, low confidence
These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.
See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.
Documented animals
29 documented relationships.
nectar for
- Agapostemon splendens Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- American Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- American Lady Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena milwaukeensis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Black-shouldered Drone Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eight-spotted Forester Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Erynnis icelus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Gray Hairstreak Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Mallota bautias Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Monarch Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Mustard White Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Orange Sulphur Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Pearl Crescent Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Red Admiral Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Rhingia nasica Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Silvery Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Variegated Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- White-lined Sphinx Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
pollen for
- Conura torvina Robertson 1929
- Cynomya cadaverina Robertson 1929
- Helophilus latifrons Robertson 1929
- Hoplitis spoliata Robertson 1929
- Lasioglossum albipenne Robertson 1929
- Myospila meditabunda Robertson 1929
- Pearl Crescent Robertson 1929
- Phormia regina Robertson 1929
- Ponometia candefacta Robertson 1929
- Rhingia nasica Robertson 1929
caterpillar host for
- Agromyza vockerothi Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Also worth knowing
Safety
Has thorns or prickles; Toxicity not assessed, absence of a warning is not a guarantee of safety
Edible parts
Fruit
Buying it
About $8–$16 per plant (estimate), usually from a native-plant nursery. Estimate (groundcover default); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate