Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhamnus davurica
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dahurian Buckthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhamnus davurica ssp. davurica
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhamnus davurica ssp. davurica
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhamnus davurica ssp. nipponica
INCLUDING Flora of North America
Rhamnus davurica ssp. davurica
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rhamnus citrifolia
COMMON NAME:
Dahurian Buckthorn, Davurian Buckthorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhamnus davurica
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhamnus davurica ssp. davurica
FAMILY
Rhamnaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhamnus davurica ssp. davurica
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhamnus davurica ssp. nipponica
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Rhamnus davurica ssp. davurica
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME)
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rhamnus citrifolia
4321
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, fields, floodplains, rarely naturalized but potentially very invasive, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: east Asia (northern China)
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite or subopposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
4-merous
4 petals in staminate flowers (petals absent in pistillate flowers)
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p173
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p284
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