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Berberis julianae, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1948 most planted

Berberis julianae

Wintergreen barberry · also Chinese barberry, Great barberry

Evergreen
13
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
23 yr
median age (85% have a planting date)

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Berberis julianae is a dense evergreen shrub native to Central China. It features spiny obovate leaves, yellow flowers tinged with red, and dark purple berries. It is often used for hedging in urban landscapes.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Boston · United States
    1123 yr—
  2. Amsterdam · Netherlands
    2——

Traits

Foliage
Evergreen
Mature height
9.8 ft

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
  • Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests

Other Berberis in the catalogue

3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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