Rubus dissimilis, the bristly Oswego blackberry,[2] is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the rose family. It grows in scattered locations in the northeastern and north-central United States (Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan). Nowhere is it very common.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Species: | R. dissimilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rubus dissimilis L.H.Bailey 1941
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The genetics of Rubus is extremely complex, so that it is difficult to decide on which groups should be recognized as species. There are many rare species with limited ranges such as this. Further study is suggested to clarify the taxonomy.[5]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Rubus dissimilis L.H.Bailey
- ^ NRCS. "Rubus dissimilis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde. 1941. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 5(3): 150, figure 57
- ^ Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble
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