Common Buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica
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Rhamnus cathartica, the European buckthorn, common buckthorn, purging buckthorn, or just buckthorn, is a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Rhamnaceae. It is native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia, from the central British Isles south to Morocco, and east to Kyrgyzstan. It was introduced to North America as an ornamental shrub in the early 19th century or perhaps before, and is now naturalized in the northern half of the continent, and is classified as an invasive plant in several US states and in Ontario, Canada.
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- (c) Bill MacIndewar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bill MacIndewar, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134798158
- (c) Claire O'Neill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Claire O'Neill, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77263621
- (c) Ale E., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ale E., https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86219904
- (c) Claire O'Neill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Claire O'Neill, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94615216
- (c) ssen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by ssen, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28333888
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhamnus_cathartica
- (c) Claire O'Neill, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- Flora Digital de Portugal
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- NBN Atlas
- OregonFlora.org
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
