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Berberis piperiana
Also called Mountain Grape, Holly Leaved Oregon Grape, Holly Leaved Barberry, Shining Oregon Grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Blue Barberry, Holly Barberry
Oregon Grape (Berberis piperiana) is a low evergreen shrub from mountain slopes in northern California and southwest Oregon, with holly-like compound leaves and blue-black waxy berries. It is grown mainly as a hardy garden shrub that tolerates dry, rocky sites once established.
Berberis piperiana is a shrub native to the mountains of northern California and southwestern Oregon. It is found in open and wooded slopes at elevations of 900–1,700 m (3,000–5,600 ft).
Berberis piperiana can attain a height of up to 80 cm (31 in). Leaves are evergreen, pinnately compound with 5–9 leaflets. Berries are dark blue and waxy. The species is related to the more common Oregon-grape, B. aquifolium, but distinguished by its shorter stature and broader leaflets.
Oregon Grape · Berberis andrieuxii · Oregon Grape · Berberis bracteolata · Berberis breviracema · Berberis chiapensis · Berberis chochoco · Shining Netvein Barberry · Berberis ehrenbergii · Berberis eurybracteata · Fortune Mahonia · Berberis gracilipes
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Berberis piperiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
