Family | Berberidaceae

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Gardening | Plant ID

The Barberry Family

The Berberidaceae are a family of 18 genera of flowering plants commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the order Ranunculales. The family contains about 700 known species, of which the majority are in Berberis. The species include trees, shrubs and perennial herbaceous plants. Many of the speciman have prickly leaves or twigs, making them great barrier plants.

Nandina                                              

heavenly bamboo) berries.

Native to Eastern countries including China and Japan.

The berries contain cyanide and are toxic.

If you have this in your landscape you might like to replace it or remove the berries to protect birds, foraging in late winter as food and berries become scarce.

Dwarf  Nana Nandina (Nandina enana) 

Mahonia                                              

Mahonia bealeii (Leatherleaf Mahonia or Beal's Barberry).

Yellow flowers appear in the winter.

Mahonia bealei (Leatherleaf Mahonia or Beal's Barberry)

Yellow flowers appear in the winter on the, dark green holly-like leaved, upright shrub, and turn into a deep blue berry.

Agarita  (Berberis trifoliolata 'Agarita', Mahonia trifoliolata)

Berberis trifoliolata 'Agarita'  

Mahonia trifoliolata. 

This speciman is used in water-saving landscaping and is a good barrier plant.

Table 1: Genera of the Barberry Family

Alloberberis
Berberis	barberry
Bongardia
Caulophyllum	blue cohosh
Diphylleia
Dysosma
Epimedium
Gymnospermium
Jeffersonia	twinleaf
Leontice
Mahonia	Oregon grape
Moranothamnus
Nandina	heavenly bamboo
Podophyllum	mayapple
Ranzania
Sinopodophyllum
Vancouveria

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