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Rubus moluccanus L.
eelkek
Symbol: RUMO4
Group: Dicot
Family: Rosaceae
Growth Habit: Shrub
Duration: Unknown
U.S. Nativity: Cultivated, or not in the U.S.

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Related Taxa:
Rubus moluccanus L.

View 68 genera in Rosaceae, 230 species in Rubus

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Classification:
Rubus moluccanus L.

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                   Subclass Rosidae –
                      Order Rosales –
                         Family Rosaceae – Rose family
                            Genus Rubus L. – blackberry
                               Species Rubus moluccanus L. – eelkek

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Noxious Weed Information:
Rubus moluccanus L.
This plant is listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.
United States:
        wild blackberry     Noxious weed
Alabama:
        wild blackberry     Class A noxious weed
California:
        wild blackberry     Quarantine
Florida:
        wild raspberry     Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
        wild blackberry     Noxious weed
Minnesota:
        wild blackberry     Prohibited noxious weed
North Carolina:
        eelkek     Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
        wild blackberry     Quarantine
South Carolina:
        Molluco raspberry     Plant pest
Vermont:
        wild blackberry     Class A noxious weed

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Invasive Information:
Rubus moluccanus L.
        wild raspberry
        Molucca bramble
        Molucca raspberry
        kohkihl
        soni
        wa ngandrongandro
This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
US   Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2002. Federal Noxious Weed List (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/bats/noxweed.html, October 20, 2003). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
 
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 43 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 
N'EAST   Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Rubus moluccanus L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504867.

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Related Web Sites:
Rubus moluccanus L.

    Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk: Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems
    WSU Cooperative Extension - Big Woody Weeds: Controlling Blackberries and Broom

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