Rubus chamaemorus -- (Cloudberry)


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 Scientific Name:  Rubus chamaemorus
 Common Name:  Cloudberry
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  White
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  None
 Flower Conspicuous:  Yes
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Medium
 Moisture Use:  High
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  High
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  None
 Bloom Period:  Late Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  Yes
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  90
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Red
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  High
 Foliage Texture:  Coarse
 Growth Form:  Thicket Forming
 Growth Habit:  Subshrub, Shrub, Forb/herb
 Growth Rate:  Rapid
 Height, Mature (feet):  1
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Short
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  2700
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  1200
 pH (Maximum):  5.2
 pH (Minimum):  4
 Precipitation (Minimum):  35
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  12
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Semi-Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Minnesota Status:  Threatened
 Seedling Vigor:  Low
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -38
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  Moderate
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Seed, Sprigs
 Palpable: (eatable)

 Uses:  Berry/Nut/Seed
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Rosales
 Family:  Rosaceae
 Genus:  Rubus

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