PLANTS Profile for Mahonia aquifolium (hollyleaved barberry)

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Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
hollyleaved barberry

Symbol:

MAAQ2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Berberidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

Berberis aquifolium

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, Sacramento, Garden. June 3, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

BEAQ	Berberis aquifolium Pursh
BEAQA	Berberis aquifolium Pursh var. aquifolium	oregon-grape, barberry
BEPI2	Berberis piperiana (Abrams) McMinn
MAPI3	Mahonia piperiana Abrams
ODAQ	Odostemon aquifolium (Pursh) Rydb.

Distribution:
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.


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USA (CA, DC, GA, ID, KY, MI, MT, NJ, NY, OH, OR, WA), CAN (AB, BC, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

View 11 genera in Berberidaceae, 13 species in Mahonia

Classification:
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

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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	Mahonia Nutt. – barberry
Species	Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. – hollyleaved barberry

U.S. Weed Information:
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

Mahonia
barberry

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.

More Accounts and Images:
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

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View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 195030.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 01:35 AM CST