Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
05 / 04 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Spring
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Charlotte
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State
North Carolina
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Posted by
legalbarn
Notes:
This plant started growing on its own about three years ago in a mulchbed close to my house, and gets dappled sun during the day. It seems to be an evergreen, and the leaves are slightly thick and rubbery, kind of like a Jade plant. The single trunk, about 1-1/2″ in diameter, is rough and pulpy; multiple spiky leaves on each stem, opposite each other. Berries grow on long clusters – currently green but will turn deep blue-purple toward the end of summer.
Comments
Jim Unregistered says:
Common name: Oregon grape. It’s a nice plant, but an invader from the Pacific Northwest. Can take over a forest understory in the Southeast.
May 5th, 2014 at 10:28am
stone Master Identifier says:
Mahonia… The berries are edible, but I usually just let the birds have them…
May 5th, 2014 at 9:32am