Wild Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
Hosts 3 caterpillarsBird foodPollinator plant
(c) Ole Husby, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
Growing it
| When | Flowers June to July; fruits July to August |
|---|---|
| Type | shrub |
| Sun | Full sun, partial shade |
| Water | Medium |
| Soil | pH 5.5–7 |
| Hardiness | zone 2–7 |
| Mature height | 1.5 m |
| Mature spread | 0.9 m |
| Spacing | 0.6 m |
| Years to maturity | 2 |
| Bloom | Jun–Jul |
| Flower colour | White read from a published flora |
| In bloom | June July |
| Fruit | Jul–Aug |
| Native to | AB, SK |
feather-compound leaves about 8 cm long; arching canes
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 717 records, high confidence
- Western Alberta Upland central AB: 262 records, high confidence
- Northern Continental Divide south AB: 206 records, high confidence
- Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 176 records, high confidence
- Eastern Continental Ranges central AB: 130 records, high confidence
- Mid-Boreal Uplands central AB / SK: 123 records, high confidence
- Moist Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 85 records, high confidence
- Cypress Upland south AB / SK: 64 records, high confidence
- Fescue Grassland south AB: 43 records, high confidence
- Peace Lowland north AB: 43 records, high confidence
- Wabasca Lowland north AB: 36 records, high confidence
- Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 16 records, medium confidence
- Slave River Lowland north AB: 12 records, medium confidence
- Churchill River Upland north SK: 7 records, low confidence
- Western Boreal central AB: 7 records, low confidence
- Tazin Lake Upland north AB / SK: 6 records, low confidence
- Hay River Lowland north AB: 4 records, low confidence
- Athabasca Plain north AB / SK: 3 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
83 documented relationships.
nectar for
- A Digger Bee LaManna et al. 2020
- A Leafcutter Bee LaManna et al. 2020
- Aerial Yellowjacket Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena crataegi Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena milwaukeensis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena nivalis LaManna et al. 2020
- Andrena prunorum LaManna et al. 2020
- Andrena thaspii Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena vicina Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Arctic Skipper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Arctic Yellowjacket Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Bald-faced Hornet Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Bicoloured Sweat Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Black-shouldered Drone Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Black-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Brown-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Central Bumble Bee LaManna et al. 2020
- Ceratina calcarata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Confusing Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Eight-spotted Forester Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eumenes crucifera Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eupeodes americanus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Evodinus monticola Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Golden Northern Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Half-black Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Halictus confusus LaManna et al. 2020
- Herald Moth Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Hobomok Skipper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Hunt's Bumble Bee LaManna et al. 2020
- Hylaeus verticalis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee LaManna et al. 2020
- Megachile rotundata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Northern Amber Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Northern Paper Wasp Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Orange-legged Furrow Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Osmia bucephala Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Osmia californica LaManna et al. 2020
- Osmia densa LaManna et al. 2020
- Osmia juxta LaManna et al. 2020
- Osmia kincaidii LaManna et al. 2020
- Osmia pusilla LaManna et al. 2020
- Osmia tristella LaManna et al. 2020
- Red-belted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Red-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Silver-spotted Skipper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Sitka Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Sphaerophoria contigua Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Symmorphus cristatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Tricoloured Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Two-ranked Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Western Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Yellow Cuckoo Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Yellow-banded Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
pollen for
- A Digger Bee Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Andrena crataegi Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Andrena thaspii Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Andrena vicina Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Bear-like Digger Bee Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Black-tailed Bumble Bee Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Central Bumble Bee Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Cynomya cadaverina Robertson 1929
- Eupeodes americanus Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Hoplitis spoliata Robertson 1929
- Hunt's Bumble Bee Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Hylaeus annulatus Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Megachile melanophaea Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Police Car Moth Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Pseudomasaris vespoides Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Pseudopanurgus parvus Robertson 1929
- Two-ranked Bumble Bee Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Volucella facialis Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Western Bumble Bee Clements & F. L. Long 1923
- Winter Firefly Robertson 1929
- Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Clements & F. L. Long 1923
caterpillar host for
- Agromyza vockerothi Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Diastrophus turgidus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Herpetogramma abdominalis Specimen records from scan-bugs.org
- Lobophora nivigerata Specimen records from mycoportal.org
- Metallus capitalis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Raspberry Crown Borer 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, leaves
Buying it
About $25–$50 per plant (estimate), sometimes in big-box garden sections. Estimate (shrub default); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate