Species Cards
Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
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Group: |
© Erica Bower Bramble (Rubus fruticosus) |
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Food chain : |
Producer |
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What it eats : |
Makes its own food from carbon dioxide and water, using sunlight energy. |
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Eaten by: |
Butterflies and bees feed on the flowers. Berries are eaten by blackbird, thrush, greenfinch, hedgehogs and wood mice. |
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Habitat: |
WoodlandWoodland |
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Description: |
Brambles have spiny stems, and leaves with 5 or 7 leaflets. The pinkish flowers are pollinated by insects. The fruit is the blackberry. Bramble spreads using its arching stems that root when they touch the ground. The spines act like grappling hooks, helping the plant to scramble up other shrubs. |
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