Berberidaceae | Mahonia bealei | Leatherleaf Mahonia, Chinese Mahonia, Holly-grape | In deciduous forests in suburban areas, spread from plantings, not naturalized and invasive. | 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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