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2010-11-07 Vienna XXII. district (Lobau heath/forest 155 m AMSL).In late autumn the leaves of Berberis vulgaris are among the latest to fall; they're contrasting nicely with the white bark of Populus alba: which are the two most salient species in this shot.
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Forstbotanisk Have, Århus
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Forstbotanisk Have, Århus
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Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona, US
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Icicle Gorge trail, Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan County, Washington, US
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Oregon grape, Oregon-grapeBerberidaceae (Barberry family)Native to southeast Alaska to Northern California, and eastern Alberta to southern ColoradoPhotographed in Washington County, OregonState flower of OregonFlowers
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/3382260432/in/photolist-efyd...Medicinally, some native Americans of the Plateau tribes used Oregon grape to treat indigestion or dyspepsia.The Oregon Encyclopedia mentions further usage by native Americans:"Native Americans used concoctions, decoctions, and infusions of Oregon grape plant parts to treat a wide variety of human aliments, including syphilis, arthritis, and itchy eyes. Some people noticed that consuming the fruit caused diarrhea, while others reported that the fruit was an excellent laxative. Native Americans used the yellow roots or bark to make a yellow dye to color baskets, wool, or porcupine quills; it is still used today as a natural dye for wool.Native people ate the sour fruits fresh in small quantities or dried them in the absence of other fruit; others made preserves or jelly."
oregonencyclopedia.orgEtymologyThe generic name Mahonia is named after the American horticulturist Bernard McMahon (1775-1816).The Latin specific epithet aquifolium means "holly-leaved", referring to the spiny foliage.
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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Forstbotanisk Have, Århus
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Forstbotanisk Have, Århus
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Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona, US
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Icicle Gorge trail, Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan County, Washington, US
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Berberis cretica L.Cretan Barberry, DE: Kretische BerberizeSlo.: kretiki eminDat.: April 26. 2016Lat.: 35.36129 Long.: 23.90723Code: Bot_951/2016_DSC1714Habitat: light mountain cypresses woodland (Cupressus sempervirens), north oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, rocky, skeletal ground; full sun; elevation 1.030 m (3.400 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C (estimated ?), Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Northwest slopes of White Mountains, north of Omalos plateau, next to the road from Omalos village to north shore of the island, somewhat lower after the highest point of the road; West Crete, Mediterranean Sea, Greece EU. Comment: Berberis cretica is a beautiful plant when in bloom, however adversely spiny. Its three-partite long and sturdy spines are dense and very sharp so it is impossible to brake off a single small branch with bare hands. This is, of cause, an efficient defense against grazing goats, which have radically changed Cretan flora through last millennia. Most of plants of Phrygana, specific Greek type of Garrigue (an open community of dwarf evergreen shrubs) are thorny.Berberis cretica is limited to high mountains of Crete, Rhodes, south Greece and Turkey. Contrary to our central European Common Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), which has vividly red berries, it has dark blue, almost black berries.Ref.:(1) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 48.(2) V. Papiomytoglou, Wildblumen aus Friechenland, Mediterrane Editions (2006), p 24.
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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Forstbotanisk Have, Århus
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Forstbotanisk Have, Århus
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Icicle Gorge trail, Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan County, Washington, US
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Berberis cretica L.Cretan Barberry, DE: Kretische BerberizeSlo.: kretiki eminDat.: April 26. 2016Lat.: 35.36129 Long.: 23.90723Code: Bot_951/2016_DSC1714Habitat: light mountain cypresses woodland (Cupressus sempervirens), north oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, rocky, skeletal ground; full sun; elevation 1.030 m (3.400 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C (estimated ?), Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Northwest slopes of White Mountains, north of Omalos plateau, next to the road from Omalos village to north shore of the island, somewhat lower after the highest point of the road; West Crete, Mediterranean Sea, Greece EU. Comment: Berberis cretica is a beautiful plant when in bloom, however adversely spiny. Its three-partite long and sturdy spines are dense and very sharp so it is impossible to brake off a single small branch with bare hands. This is, of cause, an efficient defense against grazing goats, which have radically changed Cretan flora through last millennia. Most of plants of Phrygana, specific Greek type of Garrigue (an open community of dwarf evergreen shrubs) are thorny.Berberis cretica is limited to high mountains of Crete, Rhodes, south Greece and Turkey. Contrary to our central European Common Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), which has vividly red berries, it has dark blue, almost black berries.Ref.:(1) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 48.(2) V. Papiomytoglou, Wildblumen aus Friechenland, Mediterrane Editions (2006), p 24.
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Forstbotanisk Have, Århus