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Bramble (Blackberry): Dris: Rubus Fruicisus

Many varieties of similar species with differing flower, prickles and fruit create microspecies. When occasion, the leaves persist into winter. they offer welcome rations for the deer in the woods. This opportunistic shrub establishes itself where disturbance has taken place. In the orderly world of natural regeneration, the bramble (itself will be replaced by a seedling from the surrounding trees).

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