Common Dewberry

Also known as Northern Dewberry, Running Dewberry, Whiplash Dewberry

Common dewberry sprawls low along open ground, sending out long, thorny biennial canes that root wherever their tips touch bare soil. Solitary white flowers with five slender petals open from late spring into early summer, providing critical nectar for solitary bees and early butterflies. The trailing brambles form dense mats that anchor sandy or disturbed soils while offering sheltered nesting cover and fruit for songbirds and small mammals.