Rhamnus frangula L.

  • Filed As

    Rhamnaceae
    Rhamnus frangula L.

  • Collector(s)

    S. A. Mori 27966 with M. Rothman & Zaac Chavez, 11 Jul 2015

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. Westchester Co. Main entrance to the Westchester Wilderness Walk/Zofnass Family Preserve on Upper Shad Road, Town of Pound Ridge.

  • Habitat

    At edge of disturbed deciduous forest near stone wall.

  • Description

    Single-stemmed shrub. Older stems with streak-shaped lenticels. Petioles and young stems often tinged with pink. Flowers very small (ca. 2 mm diam.), 5 merous, calyx entire, petals white. Fruits first green, then yellow, then red, and then black at maturity, only a few black fruits on shrub. Seeds 2 per fruit, somewhat flattened. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02269390

    Occurrence ID: 55236fd3-7219-42e5-8058-46557a14466b

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Rosales

  • Family

    Rhamnaceae

  • All Determinations

    Rhamnus frangula L., 2016

    Frangula alnus (L.) Mill. det S. A. Mori, 11 Jul 2015
    Note: Treated as a synonm of Frangula alnus in USDA Plants database

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New York

  • County/Municipio

    Westchester Co.

  • Locality

    Main entrance to the Westchester Wilderness Walk/Zofnass Family Preserve on Upper Shad Road, Town of Pound Ridge.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 126 m. (413 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    41.1758, -73.5995

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

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