Index / Search / Frangula betulifolia ssp. betulifolia
§1 Plant
Frangula betulifolia (Greene) V. Grub. ssp. betulifolia
vernacular beechleaf frangula — subspecies · Rhamnaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rhamnaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Frangula
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 7 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Shade
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -15 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 168 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–33 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 7 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 5 ft
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Purple
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 4,000
- Propagation
- cuttings
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 7 counties across 1 state.
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FRBEB ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7219560 ↗Record version
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