Japanese Barberry Scientific Name: Berberis thunbergil
Description: A remarkably beautiful species usually planted for hedges. The berries are bright shining scarlet.
Habitat: In thickets and on sterile or sandy ground.
Range: Running wild throughout southeastern northeast generally near the coast.
Type: Shrub Source:Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs by F. Schuyler Mathews
Photograph: Britt Slattery, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from www.forestryimages.org. |
