BLACK FRUIT 



1. Trailing, climbing, leaves compound. 



Running Swamp Blackberry {Rubus hispidus). Rose 

 family. 

 Slender stem with backward bending prickles; 

 leaflets 3 (rarely 5) inversely heart-shaped, coarsely 

 toothed. Fruit sparse, nearly black when ripe, 

 containing few grains. Late summer. 



Fig. 84. 



Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia) . 



Low Blackberry {Rubus Canadensis). Rose family. 

 Trailing over rocks, etc.; few prickles. Fruit black, 

 in raceme. 



Virginia Creeper. Woodbine (Ampelopsis quinque- 

 folia). Vine family. 

 Climbing by tendrils; leaves oi five leaflets . Fruit a 

 small berry, loosely clustered. Autumn. 



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