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Frangula rubra
Also called Red buckthorn, Sierra Coffee Berry, Red Buckhorn
Frangula rubra (syn. Rhamnus rubra) is a species of flowering plant in the buckthorn family known by the common names red buckthorn and Sierra coffeeberry.
It is native to the mountains and plateau areas of northern and eastern California and western Nevada, including the Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains, where it grows in many habitat types, including forests, chaparral, and sagebrush.
Alder Buckthorn · Sanguinho · Beechleaf frangula · California buckthorn · Cascara buckthorn · Buckthorn
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Frangula rubra 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.
