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Your search found 13 taxa in the family Berberidaceae, Barberry family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
American Barberry, Allegheny Barberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Berberis canadensis FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Berberis canadensis FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Berberis canadensis 077-01-001 FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Rocky woods, forest openings, glades, usually over mafic rocks (such as diabase) or calcareous rocks (such as limestone), sometimes along fence-rows in sw. VA (presumably spread by birds)
Rare (historically in SC Piedmont, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Japanese Barberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Berberis thunbergii FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Berberis thunbergii FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Berberis thunbergii 077-01-002 FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Rich forests, old fields
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Japan
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Common Name:
Evergreen Barberry, Wintergreen Barberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Berberis julianae FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Berberis julianae FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Floodplains, also seeding down and escaping locally near horticultural plantings
Waif(s)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
European Barberry, Common Barberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Berberis vulgaris FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Berberis vulgaris FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Leatherleaf Mahonia, Chinese Mahonia, Holly-grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mahonia bealei FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mahonia bealei FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mahonia bealei 077-02-001 FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: In deciduous forests in suburban areas, spread from plantings
Common in Piedmont & SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Cascade Oregon-grape, Cascades Mahonia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mahonia nervosa FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mahonia nervosa FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Waif(s)
Native: western North America
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Common Name:
Creeping Oregon-grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mahonia repens FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mahonia repens FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands
Native: northwestern North America
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Common Name:
Nandina, Heavenly-bamboo, Sacred-bamboo
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nandina domestica FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nandina domestica FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nandina domestica 077-03-001 FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Forests and woodlands in suburban areas, commonly planted, increasingly escaping and naturalizing
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Twinleaf
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Jeffersonia diphylla FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Jeffersonia diphylla FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Jeffersonia diphylla 077-04-001 FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Moist and extremely nutrient-rich forests, generally over calcareous or mafic rocks (including limestone, dolostone, amphibolite, greenstone, etc.) or very rich alluvium
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot, Green Vivian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Caulophyllum thalictroides FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Caulophyllum thalictroides FAMILY: Berberidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Caulophyllum thalictroides 077-05-001 FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Rich forests
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Northern Blue Cohosh, Giant Blue Cohosh
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Caulophyllum giganteum FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Caulophyllum giganteum FAMILY: Berberidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Caulophyllum thalictroides 077-05-001? FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Rich forests
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Umbrella-leaf, Pixie-parasol
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Diphylleia cymosa FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Diphylleia cymosa FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Diphylleia cymosa 077-06-001 FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Seepages and brookbanks, sometimes away from brooks or seeps in northern hardwood or cove hardwood forests (but then usually in subterranean seepage), primarily at moderate to high elevations
Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC (rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
May-apple, American Mandrake
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Podophyllum peltatum FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Podophyllum peltatum FAMILY: Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Podophyllum peltatum 077-07-001 FAMILY: Berberidaceae
Habitat: Rich forests, bottomlands, slopes, pastures
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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