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BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary


Rubus lasiococcus
dwarf bramble


 
Scientific Name: Rubus lasiococcus Gray
English Name: dwarf bramble
 
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference: Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Classification Level: Species
Species Group: Vascular Plant
Species Code: RUBULAS
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
Plantae Anthophyta Dicotyledoneae Rosales Rosaceae
   
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status: G5 (Jan 1990)
Provincial Status: S3 (Apr 2019)
BC List: Blue
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General Status Canada: 3 - Sensitive (2010)
   
Ecology & Life History
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(Type / Subtype / Dependence)
Forest / Conifer Forest - Mesic (average) / Obligate
Forest / Conifer Forest - Moist/wet / Facultative - occasional use
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Distribution
Endemic: N
Global Range Comment: Known from British Columbia; California, Oregon, Washington (FNA vol. 9, 2014).
Disjunct, more common elsewhere:
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References and Related Literature
Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Penny. 2002. Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, 2nd ed. B.C. Conserv. Data Centre, Terrestrial Inf. Branch, Victoria. 358pp.
Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, eds. 1999. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 4, Dicotyledons (Orobanchaceae through Rubiaceae). B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, and B.C. Minist. For., Victoria. 427pp.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp.
 

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Rubus lasiococcus. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 5, 2026).