According to the USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information System (FEIS), Himalaya blackberry (now Rubus armeniacus) is a hemicryptophyte. FEIS does not list Salix lasiolepis, but related and co-occurring willows are shown as phanerophytes.
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/index.html David Baker, Ecologist Central Oregon Interagency Ecology Program Deschutes National Forest 1001 SW Em Kay Dr. Bend, OR 97702 (541) 383-5424
