Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus L)
   
Also known as: bake-apple, salmonberry
Bloom time: June - July
General
This low, creeping perennial dies back each winter.
Leaves & Twigs
Cloudberry stalks vary in height from 5-25 cm; and the erect, simple stems are hairless and do not branch.
The broad, somewhat leathery leaves are long-stalked, round to kidney-shaped and indented (forming three-to-five shallow lobes).
Flowers & Fruits
Solitary flowers (1-3 cm across) have five white petals at the tip of the stem.
Cloudberry plants are male or female, but only the female plant bears fruit - hard red berries that turn yellowish or amber-coloured when ripe in late July.
Habitat
This plant prefers moist tundra, bog habitats and heaths. Usually found with sphagnum mosses or lichens, it is widespread across the low arctic and boreal forest regions.
PlantWatch Pointers
Select a typical patch of plants, if the plants are very abundant, mark off a l-metre-square section to observe.
To Observe
First bloom: when the first flowers are open in the observed plants (3 places).
Mid bloom: when 50% of the flowers are open in the observed plants.
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