Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus)

This shrub can be found along a small deer trail behind several homes in Burnham, ME.Rubus idaeus is a small shrub tha can grow up to 36 to 60 inches high. Twigs are thorned and can be brown, orange or red. Adult plants have thin and smooth bark. The berries are a sweet food for humans as well as wildlife such as bears and coyotes. Rubus idaeus is common found in forests, fields, meadows, shores of lakes and rivers, swamps, and wetland margins. I chose to include this species as it was fairly common in this area, I also enjoy the fruit that it produces in the summer!