Rubus idaeus marmoratus

Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio Medium Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant Yes Flower Color White Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Moderate Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Coarse Fruit/Seed Color Red Fruit/Seed Conspicuous Yes Growth Form Thicket Forming Growth Rate Moderate Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) 9 Height, Mature (feet) 6.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Short Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability Yes Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity Slight Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils No Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils No Anaerobic Tolerance CaCO3 Tolerance Cold Stratification Required Yes Drought Tolerance High Fertility Requirement Medium Fire Tolerance Medium Frost Free Days, Minimum 88 Hedge Tolerance Low Moisture Use pH, Minimum 5.0 pH, Maximum 7.5 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 320 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 1280 Precipitation, Minimum 10 Precipitation, Maximum 104 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 12 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Tolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -62 Reproduction Bloom Period Spring Commercial Availability Routinely Available Fruit/Seed Abundance Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Summer Fruit/Seed Persistence Yes Propagated by Bare Root Yes Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container Yes Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings Yes Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs Yes Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 270000 Seed Spread Rate Seedling Vigor High Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product Yes Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product Yes Palatable Browse Animal Low Palatable Graze Animal Low Palatable Human Yes Post Product No Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No