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Berberidaceae
Mahonia

not marked as a favorite taxon *Mahonia bealei (Fortune) Carrière. Common name: Leatherleaf Mahonia, Chinese Mahonia, Holly-grape. Phenology: Dec-Mar; May-Jul. Habitat: In deciduous forests in suburban areas, spread from plantings, not naturalized and invasive. Distribution: Native of China. Naturalizing widely (and increasingly aggressively) in the southeastern United States. Radford, Ahles, & Bell (1968) reported it as "a rare escape, Orange County, N.C."; this invasive is now in most counties across large parts of the southeastern United States, and expected to continue to spread and increase in abundance.

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Section: Longibracteatae.

Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NS, RAB, Yu & Chung (2017); = Berberis bealei Fortune — Ar, Fl2, FNA3, POWO, Tn, Va, WH3; = n/a — C, F, Il, Pa, S, Tat. Basionym: Berberis bealei Fortune 1850

Links to other floras: = Berberis bealei - FNA3

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image #1 of Mahonia bealei© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Mahonia bealei© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Mahonia bealei© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Mahonia bealei© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Mahonia bealei© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Mahonia bealei© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Mahonia bealei© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Mahonia bealei© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷

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native range: western China



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