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Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308
Sue Smith | Leaves Lonesome Valley
Sue Smith | Flowers Granite Mtn - Tr 308
Sue Smith | Fruit Granite Mtn - Tr 308
Sue Smith | Young fruit Pioneer Park
Sue Smith | Bark Willow Lake Rd
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Origin: Native Similar Species: Berberis haematocarpa
General Description: Evergreen. A large, straggly, prickly, holly-like fragrant shrub.
Identification notes: Terminal leaflet of each leaf usually less than 1 inch long, not more than twice as long as wide; berries spherical, blue or blue-black when mature, becoming dry. Flower clusters short, flat-topped, loose, few-flowered; outside flowers open first.
Height: 14 feet Width: 10 feet
Habitat Description: Found on slopes and flats, often in association with pinyon-juniper woodlands.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4000 - 7000 feet
Color: Yellow Shape: Regular in round clusters
Tubular: N Flowering Period: May - Jun
Description: 6 yellow petals with flower to 1 inch wide in clusters of 3 to 9. Flower cluster is flat-topped, loose with few flowers; outermost flowers being the first to open.
Leaf Color: Gray-green Type: Compound Shape: Round or oval Margin: Toothed Attachment: Alternate Hairs: N
Description: Holly-like, spiny, leathery and consisting of 3 to 9 leaflets that are about 1 inch long and 1/2 inch wide.
Color: Blue to blue-black Type: Berry-like Description: Dark blue 1/2 inch wide berry.
Bark Color: Grayish-purple to brownish Bark Texture (Mature): Rough Bark and Branch Description: Developes shallow fissures and ridges.
Spines, thorns or prickles: Y |
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