PLANTS Profile for Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)

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Berberis thunbergii DC.
Japanese barberry

Symbol:

BETH

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Berberidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United Kingdom, England, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens. Usage Requirements.

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Berberis thunbergii DC.

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Synonyms:
Berberis thunbergii DC.

BETHA

Berberis thunbergii DC. var. atropurpurea Chenault

Distribution:
Berberis thunbergii DC.


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USA (CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Berberis thunbergii DC.

View 11 genera in Berberidaceae, 14 species in Berberis

Classification:
Berberis thunbergii DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Berberidaceae – Barberry family
Genus	Berberis L. – barberry
Species	Berberis thunbergii DC. – Japanese barberry

Noxious Weed Information:
Berberis thunbergii DC.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Connecticut:
Japanese barberry		Invasive, not banned
Massachusetts:
Japanese barberry		Prohibited

U.S. Weed Information:
Berberis thunbergii DC.

Japanese barberry
Berberis
barberry

This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
SEEPPC		Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
WI		Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin.

Introduced Information:
Berberis thunbergii DC.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Berberis thunbergii DC.

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