| Scientific Name: | Rubus spectabilis |
| Common Name: | salmonberry |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Irregular |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Lustrous, Rugose, Trifoliate (ternate), Ovate, Double serrate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Pink, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Drupe, Edible, Orange, Yellow, Red, Jul-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Thicket forming, spindly, medium sized shrub, mostly about 2m tall; leaves alternate, most trifoliate, most leaflets 6-10cm long x 4-7cm wide, margin double serrate and side leaflets 2-lobed. Winter ID: buds alternate and forming zig-zag pattern on twigs, pointed; leaf scars mostly crescent shaped; weak prickles, 2-4mm long that easily break off; bark yellowish-brown, usually exfoliating. | |