Gorham 11 (Site 1)
Species found within the Gorham 11 forest patch next to the golf course on Middlebury College campus.
Common buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica (buckthorn, common buckthorn or purging buckthorn), is a species in the family Rhamnaceae, 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.
