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Physocarpus opulifolius, known as common ninebark, [3] Eastern ninebark, Atlantic ninebark, or simply ninebark, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae, native to eastern North America, named for its peeling multi-hued bark [4]
Physocarpus capitatus is a dense deciduous shrub growing to 1–2.5 metres (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –8 feet) tall. The reddish-gray bark, which is flaky and peels away in many irregular thin layers.
Physocarpus are deciduous shrubs with peeling bark [2] and alternately arranged leaves. The leaves are palmate with 3 to 7 lobes and often toothed edges. The inflorescence is a cluster of bell-shaped flowers with 5 rounded white or pink petals and many stamens.
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This plant is a deciduous shrub usually growing up to 2.1 metres (7 feet) tall, [2] sometimes reaching 3 m (10 ft). [3] It can form dense thickets. The branches are hairless, and older ones have shreddy bark. The leaves have three to five lobes and serrated edges. Dark green when mature, they turn brownish red by early fall.
The bark is brownish and shreds, revealing many layers, hence the name "ninebark" (Elmore 1976). In May or June, mountain ninebark bears "rather lovely" white or rose-colored flowers, with five petals based in a cup-like structure. The flowers have one style, the meaning of "monogynus" (literally "one female part"). They turn red-brown and stay ...
Pinegrass and ninebark are frequent associates, but tall shrubs such as Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum) often occur. [4]: 7 Ceanothus sanguineus grows in the understory of some ponderosa pine forests. The wettest forests where ponderosa pine occurs are the wet grand fir and/or white fir PVTs and the driest western redcedar PVTs.
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