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Monday, May 15, 2023

5-15 Common Barberry, Thimbleberry, Frosted Hawthorn

 5-15

Common Barberry, which shares the designation Class B noxious weed with its close relative Japanese Barberry, is opening its dangling flower clusters.


Dry or rocky soils are prime habitat for Thimbelberry, AKA Black Raspberry.


And one of the hawthorns - my references list as many as 50 species - is in flower. Perhaps Frosted Hawthorn, but this is a devilishly complex group to put names on.

John


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