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Rhamnus japonica (Japanese buckthorn)

Synonyms: Rhamnus buergeri; Rhamnus decipiens; Rhamnus globosa (heterotypic); Rhamnus senamensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Rhamnus japonica, the Japanese buckthorn, is a species within the genus rhamnus. It is described as a perennial tree. It was also introduced to the United States at an unknown time. In North America, it is known to live in Illinois.
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Infraspecies

Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens
Rhamnus japonica var. japonica
Rhamnus japonica var. microphylla

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  High
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  87 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  Although no specific mention of toxicity has been found for this species, there is the suggestion that some members of this genus could be mildly poisonous;
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  A green dye is obtained from the branches; Wood - close grained. Used for furniture;
Height [2]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Width [1]  17 feet (5.1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate
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Predators

Fixsenia iyonis[4]
Kermes nawae (Nawa globular scale)[5]
Rapala arata[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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