General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: 15 to 30 feet
Plant Spread: 12 to 15 feet
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other: Small round berries, green matuing to reddish and drying to black.
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Green
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Shade Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Common names
  • Wit Karee
  • Western Karree
  • White Karee
  • Willow Karee
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Searsia pendulina
  • Synonym: Rhus pendulina

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