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Berberis floribunda

Nepal Barberry, Many-flowered Barberry at Watson, ACT

Berberis floribunda at Watson, ACT - 8 May 2023
Berberis floribunda at Watson, ACT - 8 May 2023
Berberis floribunda at Watson, ACT - 8 May 2023
Berberis floribunda at Watson, ACT - 8 May 2023
Berberis floribunda at Watson, ACT - 8 May 2023
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Identification history

Berberis floribunda 22 May 2023 abread111
Berberis floribunda 21 May 2023 abread111
Berberis vulgaris 10 May 2023 Tapirlord
Berberis vulgaris 8 May 2023 abread111

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Significant sighting

abread111 noted:
22 May 2023

This is the first sighting of the species in Canberra Nature Map. It is a significant environmental weed in the Blue Mountains where it form dense thickets. https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/berberis_floribunda.htm For a description see https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Berberis~floribunda

User's notes

Multistem deciduous shrub with spines on stems, matches description of B. vulgaris, fruiting, removed by cutting and dabbing with glyphosate. One large shrub at this location and a smaller one nearby on the creekline.

4 comments

waltraud wrote:
   10 May 2023
I added a scan of the specimen, thanks Barb; will pass it on to Isobel. My observations: leaves irregularly toothed, some leaves without teeth; spines up to 3 in a group, some 15mm long.
abread111 wrote:
   21 May 2023
Identified by Peter Jobson of the NSW Herbarium as Berberis floribunda.
Not deciduous, despite the colouring of the leaves.
Persistent style 1 to 2 mm long on the end of the fruit is one characteristic which distinguishes it from B. vulgaris.
waltraud wrote:
   21 May 2023
Hi Barb it is certainly not B aquifolium which has compound leaves. I mentioned B aquifolium only in our correspondence because it has sometimes red / yellow / orange leaves which are not necessarily an indicator for a deciduous plant

I tend to agree with Isobel Crawford and Peter Jobson of the NSW herbarium who id-ed the specimen that you collected as B. floribunda.
abread111 wrote:
   21 May 2023
Agreed - I never did think it was Oregon grape. B.
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Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 15 May 2023 by abread111
Acacia baileyana (Cootamundra Wattle, Golden Mimosa) at Watson, ACT - 15 May 2023 by waltraud
Styphelia triflora (Five-corners) at Watson, ACT - 15 May 2023 by abread111
Acacia cultriformis (Knife Leaf Wattle) at Watson, ACT - 15 May 2023 by abread111
Styphelia triflora (Five-corners) at Watson, ACT - 15 May 2023 by waltraud
Erigeron sumatrensis (Tall Fleabane) at Watson, ACT - 8 May 2023 by MAX
Acacia baileyana (Cootamundra Wattle, Golden Mimosa) at Watson, ACT - 1 May 2023 by abread111
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 1 May 2023 by abread111
Galium aparine (Goosegrass, Cleavers) at Watson, ACT - 1 May 2023 by abread111
Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit) at Watson, ACT - 24 Apr 2023 by abread111
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 24 Apr 2023 by abread111
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 17 Apr 2023 by abread111
Melichrus urceolatus (Urn Heath) at Watson, ACT - 17 Apr 2023 by abread111
Galium aparine (Goosegrass, Cleavers) at Watson, ACT - 17 Apr 2023 by abread111
Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit) at Watson, ACT - 17 Apr 2023 by abread111
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 17 Apr 2023 by abread111
Lamprima sp. (genus) (Golden Stag Beetle) at Watson, ACT - 27 Dec 2022 by Kassandra21
Platycercus elegans x eximius (hybrid) (Crimson x Eastern Rosella (hybrid)) at Watson, ACT - 8 Aug 2022 by Steve_Bok
Hovea heterophylla (Common Hovea) at Watson, ACT - 8 Aug 2022 by Steve_Bok
Bossiaea buxifolia (Matted Bossiaea) at Watson, ACT - 28 Jan 2022 by abread111
Leptospermum brevipes (Grey Tea-tree) at Watson, ACT - 4 Oct 2021 by MAX
Glycine clandestina (Twining Glycine) at Watson, ACT - 4 Oct 2021 by MAX
Hibbertia obtusifolia (Grey Guinea-flower) at Watson, ACT - 10 May 2021 by abread111
Glycine clandestina (Twining Glycine) at Watson, ACT - 8 Oct 2020 by Kristi
Bulbine bulbosa (Golden Lily) at Watson, ACT - 8 Oct 2020 by Kristi
Linaria pelisseriana (Pelisser's Toadflax) at Watson, ACT - 8 Oct 2020 by Kristi
Wurmbea dioica subsp. dioica (Early Nancy) at Watson, ACT - 18 Sep 2020 by Kristi
Silybum marianum (Variegated Thistle) at Watson, ACT - 13 Sep 2020 by Kristi
Stackhousia monogyna (Creamy Candles) at Watson, ACT - 13 Sep 2020 by Kristi
Leptospermum sp. (Tea Tree) at Watson, ACT - 20 Aug 2020 by JaneR
Acacia implexa (Hickory Wattle, Lightwood) at Watson, ACT - 19 Jun 2020 by sbittinger
Rosa sp. (A wild rose) at Watson, ACT - 3 Dec 2017 by AaronClausen
Zanda funerea (Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo) at Watson, ACT - 20 May 2017 by Qwerty
Rosa sp. (A wild rose) at Watson, ACT - 1 Feb 2017 by AaronClausen
Goodenia pinnatifida (Scrambled Eggs) at Watson, ACT - 6 Nov 2016 by AaronClausen
Acacia ulicifolia (Prickly Moses) at Watson, ACT - 9 Sep 2016 by waltraud
Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Watson, ACT - 3 Sep 2016 by AaronClausen
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus (Kurrajong) at Watson, ACT - 17 Dec 2015 by MAX

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Species information

  • Berberis floribunda Scientific name
  • Nepal Barberry, Many-flowered Barberry Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Medium Weed or Pest

Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 8 May 2023 10:07 AM Recorded on
  • abread111 Recorded by

Additional information

  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

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