| Author | Vest | |
| Distribution | Mostly in the Piedmont; also scattered in the Mountains and northern Coastal Plain; disjunct to Brunswick County.
Native of Europe; in N.A. southern Canada the throughout the U.S. except the northern Midwest plains. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon; perhaps rare in the Mountains and Coastal Plain. | |
| Habitat | Roadsides, roadbanks, railroad edges, thickets, open or disturbed woods, clearings, disturbed ground. | |
| Phenology | Flowering May-June; fruiting June-July. | |
| Identification | Himalayan Blackberry has 3-5 broadly ovate leaflets per leaf; all are ashy gray beneath, the terminal one often rather orbicular. The canes are armed with numerous, relatively straight thorns and these extend right into the inflorescence. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Synonyms include R. procerus. FNA (2014) has a lengthy discussion about whether R. discolor Weihe & Nees is distinct from R. bifrons. FNA concludes that the former name has been misapplied to the latter and that all eastern U.S. material is R. bifrons.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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