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Berberis thunbergii, the Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry, or red barberry, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the barberry family Berberidaceae, native to Japan and eastern Asia, though widely naturalized in China and North America, where it has become a problematic invasive in many places, leading to declines in species diversity, increased tick habitat, and soil changes.
It can reach a height of 10 m. The leaves are 6–10 cm long, smooth, oval, leathery, shiny and dark green above, yellowish-green below, with deep furrows for the leaf stem. The bark is dark reddish brown and smooth. The small, scented, cream-white flowers open in early summer, and are followed later by berries which start red and turn black ...
The Berberidaceae are a family of 18 genera of flowering plants commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the order Ranunculales. The family contains about 700 known species, [1] of which the majority are in the genus Berberis. The species include trees, shrubs and perennial herbaceous plants.
The best-known Berberis species is the European barberry, Berberis vulgaris, which is common in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, and has been widely introduced in North America. Many of the species have spines on the shoots and all along the margins of the leaves. [3] [4]
Berberis verruculosa, the warty barberry or warted barberry, is an evergreen shrub in the family Berberidaceae. [1] [2] It ranges in size from 1–2 m, and is native to western China (Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan). It gets its common name from its "warty" stems, that have rounded, more or less identical, raised spots. [3]
European black pine; Austrian pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii: Cevennes black pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana: Corsican pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus occidentalis: Hispaniolan pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus oocarpa: egg-cone pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus orizabensis ...
Berberis ilicifolia, sometimes called holly barberry or holly-leaved barberry is a medium to high, spiny shrub belonging to the barberries in the family Berberidaceae. The local name in Chile is Chelia. It has ovate leaves with a few teeth that end in spines, reminiscent of holly leaves. Its orange flowers grow with three to seven together ...
Berberis aquifolium, the Oregon grape [2] or holly-leaved barberry, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae.It is an evergreen shrub growing up to 3 metres (10 ft) tall and 1.5 m (5 ft) wide, with pinnate leaves consisting of spiny leaflets, and dense clusters of yellow flowers in early spring, followed by dark bluish-black berries.