Rhamnus cathartica L.
Detail
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Botanical Name
- Rhamnus cathartica L.
- Common Name
- Common Buckthorn
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
- Comments
- A Eurasian species widely escaped at more northern latitudes and only recently found in Virginia (2009). Curiously, no obvious source of cultivation was noticed from which our plants may have escaped.
- Habitat
- Fencerows and roadbanks. Apparently capable of spreading into a wide variety of open, disturbed sites as well as wooded areas. Potentially very invasive.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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