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Buckthorn Family

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Common Name to view that Plant Description Page
Botanical Name to link to Plant or Seed Supplier
Flowering Months to view photos
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Buckthorn Family:-

Buckthorn Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Wild Flower Gallery:-

Common Name

Botanical Name

Flowering Months

Habitat

Alder Buckthorn

Frangula alnus

May-June

This deciduous shrub or small tree grows on a wide range of soils, but avoids drought-prone and permanently waterlogged sites. It is found in scrub on fen peat, on the edges of raised mires, on heaths and in valley mires, in scrub, hedgerows and in woodland. It regenerates strongly after cutting, burning or grazing. Generally lowland, but reaching 450 m at The Arch (Cards.).

Unripe Berries in September

Unripe Berry in September

Foliage in September

Form

Common Buckthorn

Rhamnus cathartica

May-June

This strongly calcicolous shrub or small tree is found in a variety of habitats, including as an undershrub in woodland (usually Fraxinus and Quercus), in scrub and hedgerows and in fen-carr and damp Alnus woods. Reproduction is by seed, and it regenerates from cut stools and after grazing or burning. 0-380 m (near Malham Tarn, Mid-W. Yorks.).

Berries in October

Berry in October

Foliage in October

Form

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