wintergreen barberry

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Also known as: Berberis julianae

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Wintergreen barberry (Berberis julianae) is a Chinese evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Berberis. These plants are characterized by thorny branches, yellow wood, and six-petaled flowers. The fruit is typically a berry, and in the case of wintergreen barberry, it is bluish-black. This shrub is cultivated as an ornamental for its attractive foliage and berries. Some barberry species are prohibited in certain areas due to their role in harboring a fungus that causes black stem rust in wheat.12

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Another widely planted species is wintergreen barberry (B. julianae), an evergreen shrub with bluish black berries. The cultivation of certain barberry species is prohibited in some regions because they harbour one of the spore stages of the fungus that causes black stem rust of wheat.
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Another widely planted species is wintergreen barberry (B. julianae), an evergreen shrub with bluish black berries. The cultivation of certain barberry species is prohibited in some regions because they harbour one of the spore stages of the fungus that causes black stem rust of wheat.
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