Oregon-grape

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Tall Oregon-grape & Dull Oregon-grape
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Botanical Name:	Mahonia aqifolium & Mahonia nervosa
Family:	Berberidaceae (Barberry Family)

by Aisha Parkhill-Goyette

Tall Oregon-grape (Mahonia aquifolium) and Dull Oregon-grape (Mahonia nervosa) are two species of shrubs from the Barberry family that are found in British Columbia. They both have yellow-grey bark leathery holly-like leaves, yellow flowers and small dark blue berries with a waxy coating.

Tall Oregon-grape can grow as high as two meters, has five to seven leaflets per leaf. It grows in open rocky areas in the southern parts of the province. Dull Orgeon-grape is shorter and has nine to fifteen leaflets per leaf. It grows in the shaded coniferous forests west of the Cascade Mountains.

Bibliography

Turner, Nancy. 1998. Plant Technology of First Peoples in British Columbia. Royal British Columbia Museum Handbook. Vancouver: UBC Press.

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