Dewberry

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/dewberry

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Rubus section Rubus
2. What is the fruit characteristics?Aggregate fruit, typically purple to black, closely resembling blackberries
3. What is a dewberry and how does it look?A dewberry is a trailing berry plant that looks like a blackberry cousin. Its stems grow along the ground and it makes a dense ground cover. The fruits are deep purple or black.
4. Where can dewberries grow?Dewberries grow in many places in North America and parts of Europe. They like open woods, forest edges, meadows, fields, and even roadsides.

Genus Rubus: A large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, including raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries.
Trailing Bramble: A thorny plant characterized by stems that grow along the ground rather than upright.
Aggregate Fruit: A fruit composed of multiple small, fleshy drupelets that cohere to form a single larger fruit.
Procumbent: Lying flat on the ground; trailing.