Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1998).
Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Central and Southeast Europe to Caucasus according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (Kurtto & Weber, 2009) and Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open habitats- grasslands, clearings and edges of mixed oak forests.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer.
Rubus canescens – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Rubus canescens – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Rubus canescens – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Rubus canescens – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – inflorescence with flowers and developing fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – inflorescence with developing fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – inflorescence with flowers and developing fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – developing fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – stem with developing inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – vegetative stem. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Rubus canescens – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 06.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Osogovo nature 