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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhamnus cathartica   FAMILY Rhamnaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhamnus cathartica   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Rhamnus cathartica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Rhamnus cathartica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rhamnus cathartica

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Buckthorn, European Buckthorn


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image of Rhamnus cathartica, Common Buckthorn, European Buckthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rhca3_001_lvd

        

image of Rhamnus cathartica, Common Buckthorn, European Buckthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_rhca3_004_lhd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhamnus cathartica   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhamnus cathartica   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhamnus cathartica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Rhamnus cathartica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhamnus cathartica

 

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3824

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Rare

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Leaves usually opposite to subopposite, sometimes alternate or on short shoots
Petioles 1-2.7cm long

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
4-merous
4 petals in staminate flowers (petals absent in pistillate flowers)
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe

 

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