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Zarzamora

Zarzamora

Rubus fruticosus
La conocida zarzamora europea, una zarza vigorosa, espinosa, caducifolia y de cañas arqueadas que forma matorrales densos y produce racimos de grandes y dulces moras negras agregadas a mediados y finales del verano. Rubus fruticosus no es una sola planta, sino un AGREGADO de muchas microespecies estrechamente emparentadas, cultivado desde antiguo por su fruto. ADVERTENCIA HONESTA: aunque las moras son comestibles y excelentes, el agregado de la zarzamora europea es una INVASORA de peso en muchas regiones templadas. Ella y la estrechamente emparentada zarzamora del Himalaya (Rubus armeniacus) escapan de los jardines formando matorrales espinosos densos e impenetrables que ahogan la vegetación nativa, y son malas hierbas nocivas graves en el Noroeste del Pacífico y en otros lugares. Donde sea invasora, plante en su lugar una zarza nativa adecuada a la región (Plotwright incluye la zarzamora nativa de los Alleghenies, Rubus allegheniensis) o un cultivar cultivado estéril o sin espinas.
Climate fit: moderate (45/100)
Edible
Structure

Cold hardiness

Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.

Heat tolerance

Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Sources & citations

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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Zarzamora (Rubus fruticosus). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/rubus-fruticosus
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GBIF
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