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Your search found 9 taxa in the family Rhamnaceae, Buckthorn family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Supplejack, American Rattan, Rattan-vine
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Berchemia scandens FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Berchemia scandens FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Berchemia scandens 119-01-001 FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
Look for it in swamp forests, bottomlands, streambanks, also upland in mesic to even xeric uplands over calcareous rock or sediment
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
New Jersey Tea, Redroot
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ceanothus americanus + FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ceanothus americanus FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ceanothus americanus 119-02-001 FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
Look for it in dry woodlands, woodland borders (& other places, depending on variety)
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Prairie Redroot
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ceanothus herbaceus FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ceanothus herbaceus FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
Look for it in flood-scoured rocky riverbanks
Rare
Native: primarily midwestern US, disjunct eastward
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Common Name:
Carolina Buckthorn, Polecat-tree, Indian Currant
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Frangula caroliniana FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Frangula caroliniana FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhamnus caroliniana 119-04-001 FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
Look for it in dry to moist barrens, woodlands, & forests, Coastal Plain limestone bluffs and shell middens, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Glossy Buckthorn, European Alder-buckthorn
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Frangula alnus FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Frangula alnus FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
Look for it in forested areas, other disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Common Buckthorn, European Buckthorn
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhamnus cathartica FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhamnus cathartica FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
Common Name: Dahurian Buckthorn, Davurian Buckthorn
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Rhamnus davurica FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Rhamnus davurica ssp. davurica FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
Look for it in suburban woodlands, rarely naturalized
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
Common Name:
Shell-mound Buckthorn, Small-flowered Buckthorn, Smallflower Mock-buckthorn
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Sageretia minutiflora FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sageretia minutiflora FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sageretia minutiflora 119-05-001 FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
Look for it in shell middens and shell hammocks, dry calcareous hammocks and maritime forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Chinese Jujube, Common Jujube, Chinese Date
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Ziziphus jujuba FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ziziphus zizyphus FAMILY: Rhamnaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas. It has been cultivated at least as far north as NC
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
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