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Plant Description

Origin: Native
General Description: Deciduous. A medium to large, branched shrub. Has many, long stout thorns. Small leaves are on stems and thorns.
Identification notes: Densely branched shrub; thorny stems; stems green to gray to brown with fine, lengthwise cracks; leaves in clusters or alternate, elliptic with finely toothed or smooth margins; flowers inconspicuous, in small clusters; fruit fleshy black.
Height: 6 feet     Width: 8 feet


Habitat

Habitat Description: Mesas, canyon slopes, desert grasslands and along drainages.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Riparian
Elevation: 1000 - 5000 feet


Flowers

Color: White, light green, yellowish-green   Shape: Inconspicuous in clusters    Tubular: N   Flowering Period: May - Sep
Description: Very small to 1/8 inch long in a stalked cluster. Sepals yellowish-green, sometimes hairy. Petals small, white to light green.


Leaves

Leaf Color: Dark Green   Type: Simple   Shape: Round or oval   Margin: Toothed   Attachment: Alternate   Hairs: Top and bottom of leaves
Description: Elliptical with fine hairs to 3/4 inch long by 3/8 inch wide. Margins can be smooth or finely toothed.


Fruit

Color: Blue to purple to black   Type: Berry-like   Description: Oval-shaped, 1/2 inch long by 1/4 inch wide with one hard seed.


Bark/Branches

Bark Color: Grayish-green   Bark Texture (Mature): Rough   Bark and Branch Description: Bark interrupted by fine, lengthwise cracks resulting from radial growth. Grayish-green, wax covered stems, ending in spines, conduct photosynthesis.
Spines, thorns or prickles: Y

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