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Rhamnus cathartica is a deciduous, dioecious shrub or small tree growing up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall, with grey-brown bark and often thorny branches. The leaves are elliptic to oval, 25–90 mm (1– 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and 12–35 mm (1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) broad; they are green, turning yellow in autumn, have toothed margins, and are arranged somewhat variably in opposite to ...
More than 90% or about 1,500,000 ha (3,700,000 acres) of the world's natural sea buckthorn habitat is found in China, Mongolia, Russia, and most parts of Northern Europe. [4] Sea buckthorn USDA hardiness zones are about 3 through 7. [4] In some areas it is considered invasive, due to its ability to outcompete smaller native species. [6]
Rhamnus pumila, dwarf buckthorn. Rhamnus is a genus of about 140 accepted species of shrubs or small trees, commonly known as buckthorns, in the family Rhamnaceae.Its species range from 1 to 10 m (3 to 33 ft) tall (rarely to 15 m, 50 ft) and are native mainly in east Asia and North America, but found throughout the temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere, and also more locally in the ...
Carolina buckthorn; polecat tree Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) Rhamnus cathartica: common buckthorn; European buckthorn Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) Rhamnus lanceolata: lance-leaf buckthorn Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) Ziziphus: ziziphus trees; Ziziphus jujuba: jujube Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) Rhizophoraceae: mangrove family; Rhizophora ...
The buckthorns are a genus of shrub or small tree in the family Rhamnaceae. The botanical name of the genus is Rhamnus. Buckthorn may also refer to: Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family; Frangula alnus, alder buckthorn; Hippophae, sea-buckthorn; Sideroxylon lanuginosum, wooly buckthorn
Frangula caroliniana, commonly called the Carolina buckthorn, [3] is a deciduous upright shrub or small tree native to the southeastern, south-central, and mid-western parts of the United States, from Texas east to Florida and north as far as Maryland, Ohio, Missouri, and Oklahoma. [4]
Frangula purshiana (cascara, cascara buckthorn, cascara sagrada, bearberry, and in the Chinook Jargon, chittem stick and chitticum stick; syn. Rhamnus purshiana) is a species of plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is native to western North America from southern British Columbia south to central California, and eastward to northwestern Montana.
Frangula californica (previously classified as Rhamnus californica) is a species of flowering plant in the buckthorn family native to western North America. [3] [4] [5] It produces edible fruits and seeds. [6] It is commonly known as California coffeeberry and California buckthorn.