General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 1 to 3 feet (30-91cm)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: seeds require a cooling period prior to germination and are best planted in the Fall
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Monoecious
Awards and Recognitions: Other: 2003 Great Plant Picks Award Winner

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Common names
  • Cascade Oregon-grape
  • Cascade barberry
  • Dull Oregon-Grape
  • Cascades Mahonia
  • Longleaf Mahonia
  • Oregon Grape
  • Barberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Mahonia nervosa
  • Synonym: Mahonia nervosa var. mendocinensis
  • Synonym: Berberis nervosa
  • Synonym: Berberis nervosa var. mendocinensis
  • Synonym: Odostemon nervosus

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Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Date: c. 1814
drawing from Pursh's 'Flora Americae Septentrionalis', vol. 1, c.

Date: c. 1846
illustration [as Berberis nervosa] from 'Flore des serres et des
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Date: April

credit: brewbooks
Location: Olympic National Forest, Hood Canal Ranger District
Photo courtesy of: J.Brew

credit: Walter Siegmund
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A very early illustration for a Pacific Northwest plant by arctangent Sep 12, 2020 4:10 PM 1

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