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Your search found 9 taxa in the family Rhamnaceae, Buckthorn family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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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
Habitat: Swamp forests, bottomlands, streambanks, also upland in mesic to even xeric forests, woodlands, glades, and prairies over calcareous rock or sediment
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)
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
Habitat: Prairies, glades, upland woodlands, eastwards in flood-scoured rocky and/or sandy riverbanks
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
Habitat: Dry to moist barrens, woodlands, and forests, Coastal Plain limestone bluffs and shell middens, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks
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
Habitat: Forested areas, other disturbed areas
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
Habitat: 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
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, fields, floodplains, rarely naturalized but potentially very invasive
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
Habitat: Shell middens and shell hammocks, dry calcareous hammocks and maritime forests
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
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Non-native: Eurasia
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