*Japanese barberry

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*Berberis thunbergii
JAPANESE BARBERRY

Berberidaceae
E. Asia

Location: map coordinates O-17 (north of Thomasson Building),
N 39°11'9'' W 75°32'39''

Planting history: presently unknown.

Description:
  • deciduous shrub
  • etymology: Berberis from the Arabic name; thunbergii from Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) Swedish botanist/physician and student of Linnaeus, who introduced many plants from Japan
  • leaves small, entire
  • fruit a red berry
  • branches spiny
  • widely planted as ornamental; invasive in much of eastern U.S.

*Non-native species (not native to Delaware). Listed as Invasive in Delaware
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