NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Frangula californica ssp. ursina

Coffeeberry; California Buckthorn

A member of the Rhamnaceae, the Buckthorn Family

Foliage of Frangula californica ssp. ursina, Prescott National Forest, Arizona.

Foliage detail from image below.

Prescott National Forest: Along Forest Road 493 east of Mingus Mountain, ca. 5600 feet.

21 November 2006.


Foliage of Frangula californica ssp. ursina, Prescott National Forest, Arizona.

Foliage on upper portion of shrub.

Same shrub and date as upper image.

21 November 2006.


Habit of Frangula californica ssp. ursina, Prescott National Forest, Arizona.

Habit, at right of center; hat at base for scale.

Same shrub and date as upper image.

21 November 2006.


Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann.

This page created 24 November 2006; last revised 11 April 2009.

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