Photos of Rhamnus-cathartica-~-common-buckthorn

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Rhamnus cathartica ~ common buckthorn

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Rhamnus-cathartica-~-common-buckthorn


Characteristics:

  • FAC

  • Michigan C Value: 0

  • leaf arrangement is usually sub opposite; can appear opposite

  • fine and rounded serration at leaf edges

  • pair of winter terminal buds that have a dark “deer hoof” appearance

  • maturing trunks have conspicuous lenticels

  • the bark is dark gray and the inner bark is orange (seen when the tree is cut)

  • twigs are usually tipped with a sharp spine

  • yellow green, 4 petaled flowers in clusters of 2 to 6 near the base of the petioles

  • small, purple to black berries are 0.25 inch in diameter; ripen in autumn

  • can grow to 25 feet in height

  • highly invasive; invades wetlands and can form dense thickets except where there is standing water

  • non–native



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