Wildlife
Blackberries - also known as brambles - are related to raspberries and the two plants have been crossed to produce hybrids such as the loganberry. Wild blackberries are a common feature of British hedgerows, woodlands and waste ground. In autumn their fruits are a source of food for thrushes, blackbirds and other animals.
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Wild harvest
Brambles help keep urbanites in touch with the seasons.
Brambles help keep urbanites in touch with the seasons.
Berry delicious
Blackberries and other ripening fruit have evolved to attract birds.
Blackberries and other ripening fruit have evolved to attract birds.
Bramble scramble
Timelapse of a bramble's relentless growth.
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The Blackberry can be found in a number of locations including: Asia, Australia, China, Europe, North America, South America, United Kingdom, Wales, Ynys-hir nature reserve. Find out more about these places and what else lives there.
The following habitats are found across the Blackberry distribution range. Find out more about these environments, what it takes to live there and what else inhabits them.
Discover what these behaviours are and how different plants and animals use them.
Additional data source: Animal Diversity Web
The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by any of several species in the Rubus genus of the Rosaceae family. The fruit is not a true berry; botanically it is termed an aggregate fruit, composed of small drupelets. The plants typically have biennial canes and perennial roots. Blackberries and raspberries are also called caneberries or brambles. It is a widespread, and well known group of over 375 species, many of which are closely related apomictic microspecies native throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and South America.
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