Bramble agg. - Rubus fruticosus agg.
Description
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.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Waste ground, hedgerows, woodland, etc.
When to see it
May to November.
Life History
Biennial.
UK Status
Bramble is very common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
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.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015