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Rubus satis L. H. Bailey
Small cluster of plants under 1 m tall, growing in sunny edge habitat between mesic maple-basswood forest and an old pasture on glacial till. Associated with non-native grasses, R. allegheniensis and R. idaeus var. strigosus.

A rare blackberry in Ohio, though very common elsewhere in Eastern NA; note the unarmed canes and mostly glabrous abaxial leaf surface; see these photos from May 2020 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44662889

Morainal woodland

Stems prostrate or very low arching, rooting at the tips, with curved and broad-based prickles under 3mm. Leaves not tomentose abaxially, but softly pubescent with villous hairs on the veins and lamina. Petioles and inflorescences lacking glands. Infructescences not strongly ascending, mostly with 4-5 fruit condensed into a corymb with short pedicels. Primocane leaves with mostly 5 and sometimes 3 leaflets, the terminal leaflet ovate, rounded to slightly cordate and accuminate. Floricane terminal leaflets elliptical