Identification

11 years ago

Anyone know what this plant is?

This plant popped up in my strawberry bed last fall and I let it grow this year.

-It has grown several (what i would call) thornless canes to about 2.5feet long that arc towards the ground.

-The plant is about 2.5 tall.

-The compound leaves get to about 5 inches wide on the largest/oldest portions.

-No fruit or flowers so far.

-All the leaves have the exact same 5-leaf form from top to bottom.

-The leaves are soft/pliable like what i know of berries plants.

Any ideas?

Comments (13)

flora_uk
11 years ago
Some sort of Rubus but not enough to go on for any more detailed an id.
Nevermore44 - 6a
Original Author
11 years ago
That's what I am assuming, but all the images i see have 3 leaves instead of the 5.

I will get a pick of the plant and stems to see if that helps.
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flora_uk
11 years ago
Well, that's weird. 5 is very common. If you Google 'blackberry leaf' you'll see plenty.
dmtaylor
11 years ago
Looks like blackberry to me. Might be a blackberry/raspberry hybrid I suppose.
larry_gene
11 years ago
Looks like a typical blackberry leaf to me. Not much raspberry influence, if at all (the leaf underside is normal green).

That is a lot of growth for a second-year seedling; if the plant popped up the first year as just a very tiny version of a mature blackberry plant, that is a seedling. If the plant first popped up as something with nearly normal-sized leaves, that would be from a piece of blackberry root, it got into your bed somehow, or came underground from a distant plant.
Charlie
11 years ago
Could be a blackberry. Are their thorns? If not check thornless hybrids.
Scott F Smith
11 years ago
Stake it up and see what kind of fruits you get in a year or two. Its definitely a blackberry and the wild ones are generally not thornless so it must have "escaped".

Scott
Nevermore44 - 6a
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks all for the input. I will definitely get a shot of the plant... couldn't this morning.

It is completely thornless. It had to have come from seed since I have never grown berries and the neighbors just have barren yards. I did start in my strawberry patch that i made the year before it started out of almost complete compost.. so it's well fed.
Charlie
11 years ago
The compost may have had the blackberry seed in it.
larry_gene
11 years ago
...or the compost mixture had a piece of root in it. Did you disturb the soil below the bed?

More likely birds, they can excrete seeds over great distances.
gonebananas_gw
11 years ago
If it grows into vines, consider Virginia creeper. Their leaves look very similar and they are weedy opportunists.
skyjs
11 years ago
It looks EXACTLY like my thornless blackberry plants.
John S
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milehighgirl
11 years ago
Doesn't look like Virginia Creeper to me. VC has more of a 5-pointed star shape with deeper edges on the leaves.

Here is a link that might be useful: Virginia Creeper Vine & English Ivy in Rain