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Berberis canadensis Mill.
American barberry

       
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Line Drawing of Berberis canadensis Mill.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 127. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Berberis canadensis Mill.

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Distribution:
Berberis canadensis Mill.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MO, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Berberis canadensis Mill.

View 11 genera in Berberidaceae, 14 species in Berberis
 

Classification:
Berberis canadensis Mill.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order Ranunculales
Family Berberidaceae – Barberry family
Genus Berberis L. – barberry
Species Berberis canadensis Mill. – American barberry
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Berberis canadensis Mill.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
Allegheny barberry              Endangered
Indiana:
American barberry              Endangered
Kentucky:
American barberry              Endangered
Maryland:
American barberry              Endangered, Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
American barberry              Extirpated
Tennessee:
American barberry              Special Concern
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Berberis canadensis Mill.

Berberis
barberry

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Berberis canadensis Mill.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18818.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/21/2008 12:08 PM MDT