Scientific Name
Berberis
Common Name
barberry

Characteristics

ID hints
"wintergreen barberry"
Some leaves = 3-pointed spines***
- Leaves clustered dwarf shoots *
- Leaves evergreen, elongated, spinose**
Flowers yellow, spring, weakly foetid*
- Sepals petaloid, yellow**
Fruits narrow barrel-like berries, clustered**
- Enlarged top (stigma)*
- Fruits bluish-black, fall
"Japanese barberry"
Some leaves = 1-pointed spines***
- Leaves clustered dwarf shoots**
- Leaves deciduous, obovate**, entire
Fruits red, winter on dwarf shoots**
- Twigs bare, spiny***

4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr. Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University. All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.

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