. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. SHRUBS ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES Thorny shrubs; thorns small (less than 2 cm.) or branched SMOOTH GOOSEBERRY Ribes hirtellum Leaves lobed with 3-5 main veins meeting at the base. Usually sparsely thorny. Berries purplish to blackish, used in preserves. Rocky or swampy woods and clearings. Uncommon. EUROPEAN BARBERRY Berberis vulgaris Mature leaves bristle-toothed. Thorns branched. Fruit (flowers) in elongated clusters. Berries red or purple, edible, tart. Pastures, roadsides. Naturalized. Common. JAPANESE BARBERRY Berberis thunbergii Leaves
. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. SHRUBS ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES Thorny shrubs; thorns small (less than 2 cm.) or branched SMOOTH GOOSEBERRY Ribes hirtellum Leaves lobed with 3-5 main veins meeting at the base. Usually sparsely thorny. Berries purplish to blackish, used in preserves. Rocky or swampy woods and clearings. Uncommon. EUROPEAN BARBERRY Berberis vulgaris Mature leaves bristle-toothed. Thorns branched. Fruit (flowers) in elongated clusters. Berries red or purple, edible, tart. Pastures, roadsides. Naturalized. Common. JAPANESE BARBERRY Berberis thunbergii Leaves untoothed. Berries red, perhaps too tart to eat raw. Moist, low woods, old orchards, pastures. Common escape. AUTUMN ELAEAGNUS Elaeagnus umbellata Leaves untoothed and silvery beneath. Sometimes thorny. See p. 72. COMMON MATRIMONY-VINE Lycium halimifolium Leaves untoothed, 2-6 cm. long. Sprawling shrub often sparingly thorny. See p. 71. AMERICAN PLUM Prunus americana Leaves sharply fine-toothed. Fruit red or yellow, 2-3 cm. thick. Spur branches often thornlike. See p. 78. COMMON BUCKTHORN Rhamnus cathartica Leaves nearly opposite in arrangement. Usually somewhat spiny. See p. EUROPEAN BARBERRY. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Angelo, Ray, 1948-; Angelo, Ray, 1948-. Cambridge, Mass. : Concord Field Station, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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