Bramble agg. - Rubus fruticosus agg.
There are hundreds of similar species of Bramble in this complex, which really require an expert to identify them. Our illustrations are shown to represent the group. Scrambling shrub, with long arching thorny branches that of root at the tip. Flowers white or pink 20 to 30 cm the edible fruit is the familiar Blackberry.
Waste ground, hedgerows, woodland, etc.
May to November.
Biennial.
Bramble is very common throughout Britain.
Very common as a group in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was sub-divided so no figure can be given.
AJ Cann
Kelham Bridge
27 June 2015
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
24 June 2015
Paul Ruddoch
Asfordby Hill
08 October 2015
egaten
New Lount
27/07/2017
AJ Cann
Croft Glebe
13 January 2018
Graham Calow
Path near Huncote Road, Stoney Stanton
23 June 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bramble, Blackberry, Blackberry / Bramble
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Rosales
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1186
- First record:
- 11/05/1992 (John Mousley;Steve Grover)
- Last record:
- 15/06/2025 (Hollingworth, Jane)
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Rowan Roenisch
Swithland Wood
30 December 2018
steven lewis
welby
04 October 2015
Ray Pearce
Ashby Road West, Shepshed
05/08/2017
Barbara Cooper
Clawson Hill
23 June 2012
Paul Ruddoch
Rhubarb Island
07 June 2015
Barbara Cooper
Walton on the Wolds
11 June 2015
Ron.stevens
Thornton and Bagworth
22 August 2017
Paul Ruddoch
Petfoods River
27 July 2014
Alan Semper
Harby footpath hedge
26 November 2011
Stigmella aurella
There are a number of moths in the Stigmella genus and most look very similar. However their caterpillars feed on various plants creating leafmines that can help with identification. Stigmella aurella specialises on Bramble and the long, thin leafmines can be very common and are even recognisable in winter when they become white.
Coptotriche marginea
The caterpillars of this small moth feed on the leaves on Bramble, creating a funnel-shaped blotch.
Diastrophus rubi
The larvae of this small wasp create galls on the stems of Bramble. The stem swells, often bending, and this comprises many chambers, each housing a wasp larva. The galls can persist on old stems over winter.