NameThatPlant.net: Rhamnus davurica

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

COMMON NAME:
Dahurian Buckthorn, Davurian Buckthorn

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhamnus davurica FAMILY Rhamnaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhamnus davurica ssp. davurica FAMILY Rhamnaceae

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

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