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leatherleaf mahonia

Berberis bealei

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 239, February 287, March 404, April 504, May 427, June 257, July 206, August 195, September 252, October 248, November 192, December 220.
United States15,685
North Carolina3,522
Georgia3,246
Virginia2,676
Tennessee2,007
Maryland1,916
Alabama1,013
District of Columbia794
South Carolina661
New Jersey433

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderButtercups, Poppies, and Allies · Ranunculales
Familybarberry family · Berberidaceae
GenusBarberries · Berberis

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Practise leatherleaf mahonia with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.