[MAIPC] Berberis julianae or wintergreen barberry

[MARGARET L CHATHAM]

My limited experience: it is invasive, but it hasn’t been widely planted for a long time yet, so we’re just starting to see it come up in the wild. Introduced 1900; people are going for it more now in the never-ending search for easy, evergreen plantings. First time I saw it (about 8 years ago), it wasn’t on any of my lists of invasives, & I identified it using Dirr’s Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.

Margaret Chatham
Northern Virginia

> On Apr 7, 2019, at 6:29 PM, Muth, Norris (MUTH) <MUTH at juniata.edu> wrote:
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> Looks like there are a few more records on iNaturalist (I didn’t check them to see if the verifications were accurate). I also didn’t look for unvalidated records for the species – which could turn up a few more possible sites.
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> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=45.561333644416806&nelng=-41.60200610093443&place_id=any&swlat=26.16672908764417&swlng=-106.2016208403524&taxon_id=437555 <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=45.561333644416806&nelng=-41.60200610093443&place_id=any&swlat=26.16672908764417&swlng=-106.2016208403524&taxon_id=437555>
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> From: MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org <mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org>> on behalf of Elizabeth Mizell <eamizell at gmail.com <mailto:eamizell at gmail.com>>
> Date: Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 5:36 PM
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> Subject: [MAIPC] Berberis julianae or wintergreen barberry
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> Can anyone give some insight of the invasiveness of this shrub? EddMaps shows just a few reports Virginia and DC, but I wonder if it has been underreported. I did report it. Any experiences or observations out there?
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> I recently found one growing in natural area outside of Charlottesville, VA. Nasty thing and I am not sure why anyone would plant it. Likely an escape from nearby landscaping transported by a bird. Unfortunately, it a few weeks ago I spotted it being sold by a local nursery here in Charlottesville. It would be a great conversation to have with that nursery, but I want to be armed with information first.
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> Thank you,
> Beth Mizell
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> Elizabeth A Mizell  
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