Rubus arcticus
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| Arctic raspberry | |
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| From "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (1917-1926) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Subgenus: | Cyclactis |
| Species: | R. arcticus |
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| Rubus arcticus L. |
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The Arctic raspberry, Rubus arcticus, (includes Rubus arcticus ssp. acaulis - (Michx.)) is a species of slow-growing bramble belonging to the rose family. Its dark red fruit is considered as a delicacy. In the Pacific Northwest it is sometimes called the nagoon or nagoonberry, a name which derives from the Tlingit neigóon. Many consider it to be one of the tastiest fruits in the world: for instance in Russian its name is the "berry of kings" (княженика). It grows in northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia (Siberia), in few locations in Estonia and in parts of North America.
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[edit] Description
A small red berry not unlike the sister varieties, with an unusual hardiness to frost and cold weather conditions.
[edit] Distribution
The Arctic raspberry can be found mainly in northern landscapes of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and Northern Russia. It grows most often in acidic, high organic matter soils.
[edit] Uses
The fruits of the Arctic raspberry are very tasty and, among other uses, make jam and liqueur, or flavour tea. Carl von Linné considered the Arctic raspberry - åkerbär in Swedish - a great delicacy in his Flora Lapponica (1737). Also used in Smirnoff Ice and North, and Lignell & Piispanen's Mesimarjalikööri, and Wine fruit of Arctic RaspBerry (Central Arctic in Adub). Arctic raspberry is the provincial plant of the Norrbotten province of northern Sweden.
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[edit] External links
- Carl von Linné - description (Swedish)
- Berry crops
