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Mahonia repens (creeping barberry; oregon grape; Oregongrape; creeping mahonia; trunkee barberry)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Berberis pumila is a species of shrub native to Oregon and northern California. It is found in open woods and rocky areas at an altitude of 300–1,200 m (980–3,940 ft) in the Coast Ranges, the northern Sierra Nevada and the southern Cascades. Berberis pumila is evergreen, rarely more than 40 cm tall. It has compound leaves and dark blue berries. The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [2]  Moderate
Bloom Period [2]  Mid Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  High
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  6 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Stoloniferous
Growth Period [2]  Spring
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [2]  10 inches (25 cm)
Scent [3]  The flowers are scented;
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Seeds Per [2]  66560 / lb (146740 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Semi-Erect
Structure [3]  Shrub
Usage [3]  A yellow dye is obtained from the inner bark of the stem and roots; It is green; Dark green, violet and dark blue-purple dyes are obtained from the fruit; A green dye is obtained from the leaves; Plants form suckers freely, making a good dense ground cover; The sub-species M. repens rotundifolia has been especially recommended; A useful plant for preventing soil erosion on slopes;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Blue
Fall Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Width [3]  6.56 feet (2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Water Use [2]  Moderate
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Protected Areas

Predators

Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep)[4]
Selasphorus calliope (Calliope Hummingbird)[5]
Spiroporococcus braggi[6]
Ursus arctos (Grizzly Bear)[7]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Erysiphe berberidis[7]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Bighorn Sheep Diet Selection and Forage Quality in Central Idaho, Guy D. Wagner and James M. Peek, Northwest Science, Vol. 80, No.4, 2006, pp. 246-258
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0