Rubus semisetosus is a North American species of bristleberry in section Setosi of the genus Rubus, a member of the rose family. It grows in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia as well as in the northeastern and north-central United States from New England to Minnesota.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapBlanchard, William Henry 1907. Rhodora 9(97): 8–9
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