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wild flowers in fife & kinross - Fife Coast and Countryside Trust

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A rare relic, or very <strong>in</strong>frequently bird-sown.<br />

Rubus fruticosus agg. Bramble<br />

Very common; the follow<strong>in</strong>g micro-species have been recognised, determ<strong>in</strong>ed by<br />

G.H.Ballantyne <strong>and</strong>/or A.Newton or D.E.Allen:-.<br />

Rubus fissus<br />

Very local.<br />

Rubus nessensis<br />

Rare.<br />

Rubus plicatus<br />

Widespread but local.<br />

Rubus scissus<br />

Widespread, the commonest of the Suberect section.<br />

Rubus errabundus<br />

Rather local.<br />

Rubus lac<strong>in</strong>iatus<br />

A garden ornamental, occasionally bird-sown <strong>in</strong> <strong>wild</strong> spots.<br />

Rubus leptothyrsos<br />

Widespread <strong>and</strong> common, especially <strong>in</strong> or near woods.<br />

Rubus robiae<br />

Very rare.<br />

Rubus elegantisp<strong>in</strong>osus<br />

A long-established escape, <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly found, especially <strong>in</strong> south <strong>Fife</strong>.<br />

Rubus l<strong>in</strong>debergii<br />

Rather local.<br />

Rubus nemoralis<br />

Widespread <strong>and</strong> common.<br />

Rubus polyanthemus<br />

Occasional.<br />

Rubus septentrionalis<br />

Fairly frequent.<br />

Rubus armeniacus<br />

Increas<strong>in</strong>gly found as a garden escape, a very robust plant with large berries, known<br />

as the ‘Himalayan Giant’; a rapid coloniser.

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