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Beatrice F. Howitt © 1999 California Academy of Sciences (CalPhotos)

Rhamnus crocea Nutt.
Rhamnus crocea, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America [Lum/Walker].
Common names: redberry, redberry buckthorn
Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Southern Oak Woodland, Northern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest
Habitat: slopes [Walker]
Toxicity: Minor, Dermatitis   [Filmer 2008]
Elevation: between 0 and 5000 feet Family: Rhamnaceae
Name Status:
Recognized as current in JM93 + ICPN + PLANTS
 Synonyms:
ICPN + XWALK: Rhamnus crocea ssp. crocea
Related names:See a list of other species in the genus Rhamnus found in California.
Distribution in California based on available records:
A shaded county indicates that there are one or more records of this plant within the county.

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    For a distribution map based on other criteria (eg. more than one record within the county), see the County Distribution Analysis for this plant.

 

  There are specimens from this county in an herbarium.
  There are documented observations, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
  There are reported observations.
  There are reported observations available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).
Records by County: Click county name to view records (numbers are approximate).
Information about  Rhamnus crocea  from other sources:
Photos on CalPhotos / Picasa / Flickr 1993 Jepson Manual Treament from the UC Jepson Herbaria
Photos or website references on Google Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
PLANTS profile from USDA PLANTS (code = RHCR) Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant) on CNPLX

Citation:
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: Feb 09, 2010).

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