Beginning Botany: Winter Shrub Identification
Beginning Botany: Winter Shrub Identification
Beginning Botany: Winter Shrub Identification
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Glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus, aka<br />
Rhamnus frangula)<br />
Tools for ID<br />
<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>Shrub</strong><br />
ID Process<br />
Invasive<br />
<strong>Shrub</strong>s<br />
Native<br />
<strong>Shrub</strong>s<br />
Thanks!<br />
Practice<br />
Habitat: ubiquitous, disturbed wet to dry<br />
sites, open to shady<br />
Twig/bud arrangement: alternate<br />
Key characteristics:<br />
•No terminal thorn, new twig growth hairy<br />
•Tan/rust-colored, hairy, naked buds<br />
•Persistent round, red to black drupes in leaf axils<br />
•Brown/gray bark w/ very light lenticels; yellow<br />
sapwood & orange/pink heartwood<br />
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http://michiganflora.net/images.aspx?id=2411<br />
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http://uptreeid.com/PICShardwoods/BUCK-bark.jpg<br />
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http://michiganflora.net/images.aspx?id=2411
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