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Yushan Barberry

Berberis morrisonensis

Yushan Barberry
Photo: Shih-Shiuan Kao from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Berberidaceae (Barberry family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Native range
Taiwan
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Berberis morrisonensis, commonly known as Yushan barberry (Chinese:玉山小檗) or red fruit barberry (Chinese:红果小蘖、赤果小蘖) is a perennial deciduous shrub belonging to the genus Berberis and endemic to Taiwan.

Where it grows

It is located in the high-altitude mountain area above 3,000 meters in Taiwan and is distributed in the Xueshan Range, Central Mountain Range, and Yushan Range. However, the Central Mountain Range still dominates. The deciduous shrubs are distributed in the margins of high-altitude forests in Taiwan or in high-altitude forest borders. It is a slightly shade-loving species.

Other Berberis plants

Berberis actinacantha · Berberis aemulans · Berberis aetnensis · Salmon barberry · Berberis agricola · Berberis ahrendtii · Berberis alpicola · Berberis amabilis · Berberis amoena · Amur Barberry · Berberis angustifolia · Berberis argentinensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Berberis morrisonensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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