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Sambucus nigra is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Viburnaceae native to most of Europe. [1] Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry, and European black elderberry. [2] [3] It grows in a variety of conditions including both wet and dry fertile soils, primarily in sunny locations.
The finely and sharply serrate leaves are shiny and dark green above. Gaultheria shallon is 0.4 to 3.05 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 10 feet) tall, sprawling to erect. It is loosely to densely branched and often forms dense, nearly impenetrable thickets. [2]
Rubus laciniatus is a deciduous, bramble-forming shrub growing to 3 meters (10 feet) tall, with prickly shoots. The leaves are palmately compound, with five leaflets, each divided into deeply toothed subleaflets with jagged, thorny tips. The flowers have pink or white petals.
The berries and leaves contain methyl salicylate, a compound that is closely related to aspirin. [12] Teaberry extract can be used to flavor tea, candy, medicine and chewing gum. [13] Teaberry is also a regional flavor of ice cream in Pennsylvania. [14] [15] [16] It likewise inspired the name of Clark's Teaberry chewing gum.
Wild privet, also sometimes known as common privet or European privet (Ligustrum vulgare)A privet is a flowering plant in the genus Ligustrum.The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees, [1] native to Europe, north Africa, Asia, many introduced and naturalised in Australasia, where only one species, Ligustrum ...
'Eva' black lace elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. This cultivar has deeply cut, dark purple foliage; lemon-scented flowers; and dark, blackish-red berries. Zones 4-7
Pyracantha (from Greek pyr "fire" and akanthos "thorn", hence firethorn) [1] is a genus of large, thorny evergreen shrubs in the family Rosaceae, with common names firethorn or pyracantha. They are native to an area extending from Southwest Europe east to Southeast Asia.
Berberis (/ ˈ b ɜːr b ər ɪ s /), commonly known as barberry, [1] [2] is a large genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) tall, found throughout temperate and subtropical regions of the world (apart from Australia). Species diversity is greatest in South America and Asia; Europe, Africa and North America have ...