Wineberry is a vigorous grower and can form dense thickets covering WINEBERRY large areas and displace many native plants in the process. Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius poses a threat to native plants growing in forest, stream, field, wetlands, Maxim) edge habitats and open woods. CHARACTERISTICS WHERE FROM WHERE FOUND Y Wineberry is in the Rubus A native of Japan, Korea Although wineberry has F family, the same family and China, wineberry was a range from New England I to which blackberry and introduced to the U.S. in and eastern Canada south - T raspberry belong. The 1890 to help in the genetic ward to North Carolina and upright and arching stems tailoring of the other Rubus westward to Michigan, it is N can grow to a length of cultivars. Although it has considered an invasive plant 9 feet and are covered in some desirable and useful in many states including E small thorns and reddish qualities, wineberry is con - Pennsylvania. It prefers hairs, which give the sidered a pest of agricultural moist conditions and ample WINEBERRY FRUITS D Leslie J. Mehrhoff, appearance of red stems and natural systems due to sunlight, and is often found University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org I from afar. Leaves consist its invasive and aggressive along the edge of wood - of 3 heart-shaped, serrated nature. lands and in hedgerows. y c leaflets with purplish veins n a v r and are fuzzy on the under - e s n o side. The raspberry-like C e fruit, ripening in June and n i w y July, is edible. Wineberry d n a r reproduces by seed as well B | as through vegetative means Y R including “root buds” and can R E B WINEBERRY FOLIAGE E sprout new plants wherever Jil Swearingen, N I the stem touches the soil. USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org W WINEBERRY FLOWERS WINEBERRY STEM Leslie J. Mehrhoff, Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org L CHEMICAL METHOD MANUAL METHOD Systemic herbicides Using a 4-tong spading O such as glyphosate and fork can be an effective R triclopyr should be applied way to remove wineberry T directly to the cane and plants, especially if done leaves. The herbicide when the soil is moist and N can be mixed with if all of the roots and stem ) / s t n a a surfactant to help it fragments are removed. l p / O v o adhere to the plant. Any berries should be g . s ) p v n o bagged and disposed of . g . w C o f w ) s n to lessen the potential i w u ( s . e a e i p c c . of re-seeding. n e e t a p i a s l t l e s . v r A i n s n c a o d v i . t n a i w . v r w w e w s w ( n w s o ( e C c y r r t R a u n When removing, REPLANT r a o l b s i P e L , R E l e be careful l a c Once eradicated (Read and follow all a r i r u v t u r l t e B a u S not to remove herbicide labels carefully c in an area, be sure to i N ) k r g f r g r o a o A . P before use. ) n l c or destroy l o restore by planting native a n i a t t M n . n a o o w i v i t r t w a desirable species. e a species. s w E N N n ( , , o r e y r o C c i u n r t f l a e o t u v . n c r t i I M e p r s e e g n h D t A o f f a C E i o o S n e . E r t t a u p p v t C l e e a y R R D D s N . U n e n S S . h O e S U U T P Brandywine Conservancy | PO BOX 141 | Chadds Ford, PA 19317 | brandywine.org LAST UPDATED 11 | 1 | 13.