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Date Photo Taken: March 25, 2012
Location: Lawrenceville, GA
Posted By: szymanski6

Notes:

What is this fern? What birds will eat the berries?

1. buck Unregistered says:

   This is a mahonia, not a fern.

   March 26th, 2012 at 8:52 am

2. Ada Y. Unregistered says:

   this one is also a Leatherleaf Mahonia. all sorts of birds will eat the berries.

   I’m a student at Gwinnett Tech.
   http://www.gwinnetttech.edu/horticulture/

   March 26th, 2012 at 1:19 pm

3. Joann Unregistered says:

   Mahoney

   March 26th, 2012 at 3:27 pm

4. Monica Unregistered says:

   Leatherleaf Mahonia or by its botanical name Mahonia bealei

   One of my favorite shade plants! It’s not a fern and I have heard it is related to barberry. I have seen all kinds of birds eat the berries.

   March 26th, 2012 at 5:20 pm

5. zeb Unregistered says:

   That is a leatherleaf mahonia ‘mahonia bealii’. Not sure what birds eat them.

   March 27th, 2012 at 10:54 am

6. buck Unregistered says:

   Zeb,
   Redbirds (Cardinals) love the fruit. I sit in my study and watch them pick the fruit off. They also re-seed them.

   March 27th, 2012 at 2:21 pm

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