Blackberry

Blackberry
Ripe, ripening, and unripe blackberries, of an unidentified blackberry species
Blackberry flower, Rubus fruticosus species aggregate
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Rubus
Subgenus:	Rubus (formerly Eubatus)
Species
Rubus ursinus Rubus laciniatus—Evergreen blackberry Rubus argutus Rubus armeniacus—Himalayan blackberry Rubus plicatus Rubus ulmifolius Rubus allegheniensis And hundreds more microspecies (the subgenus also includes the dewberries)

The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus Rubus in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus Rubus, and hybrids between the subgenera Rubus and Idaeobatus. The taxonomy of blackberries has historically been confused because of hybridization and apomixis, so that species have often been grouped together and called species aggregates. For example, the entire subgenus Rubus has been called the Rubus fruticosus aggregate, although the species R. fruticosus is considered a synonym of R. plicatus.

Rubus armeniacus ("Himalayan" blackberry) is considered a noxious weed and invasive species in many regions of the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the United States, where it grows out of control in urban and suburban parks and woodlands.