Berberis nervosa

Dull Oregon-grape
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. nervosa
Binomial name
Berberis nervosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Berberis glumacea Spreng.
  • Berberis nervosa var. mendocinensis Roof
  • Berberis pinnata Buch ex DC.
  • Mahonia nervosa (Pursh) Nutt.
  • Mahonia glumacea DC.
  • Mahonia nervosa var. mendocinensis (Roof) Roof
  • Odostemon nervosus (Pursh) Rydb.

Berberis nervosa, commonly known as dwarf Oregon-grape, Cascade barberry, Cascade Oregon-grape, or dull Oregon-grape, is a flowering plant native to the northwest coast of North America from southern British Columbia south to central California, with an isolated population inland in northern Idaho.[2][3][4] It is especially common in second growth, Douglas-fir[5] or western redcedar forests, making use of those pools of sunlight that intermittently reach the ground.

The plant was collected by Lewis and Clark during their famous expedition to the West before being described for western science by Frederick T. Pursh in 1813.[6][7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
  3. ^ Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. California Flora 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
  4. ^ Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1984. Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae. Part II: 1–597. In C. L. Hitchcock et al. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
  5. ^ Pojar, Jim; MacKinnon, Andy, eds. (1994). Plants of Coastal British Columbia: including Washington, Oregon & Alaska, rev. ed. Vancouver: Lone Pine Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-55105-532-9.
  6. ^ "Berberis nervosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
  7. ^ "Dull Oregon-grape -University of Puget Sound". www.pugetsound.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-06.