Called “barberry family” in GBIF
The Berberidaceae are a family of 18 genera of flowering plants commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the order Ranunculales. The family contains about 700 known species, of which the majority are in the genus Berberis. The species include trees, shrubs and perennial herbaceous plants.
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Podophyllum
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Berberis nervosa
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Achlys triphylla
1 articleWith one plant each: Achlys (Vanilla leaf), Mahonia (Cascade Oregon-grape), Nandina (Heavenly bamboo), Podophyllum (Mayapple), Berberis (Barberry), Epimedium (Epimedium).
Barberry shrubs growing in hedgerows and wild edges across North America and Europe have been pro...
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Many of the herbs your grandmother might have grown for tea or tonics, like licorice root or barb...
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Scientists found that berberine, a bitter plant compound, triggers a 'bitter taste' receptor on immune cells to calm the overactive bone-destroying process behind inflammatory bone loss, including gum disease, in mice.
The barberry shrub many gardeners grow for its fall color and thorny hedging has roots and bark packed with a compound now...
The turmeric in your spice rack and the green tea in your cupboard contain compounds that scientists are mapping as...
Many of the herbs your grandmother might have grown for tea or tonics, like licorice root or barberry, contain compounds...
If you're gardening in the Pacific Northwest, this low-growing native shrub feeds early pollinators with its yellow spring...
Barberry shrubs growing in hedgerows and wild edges across North America and Europe have been producing this potent compound...
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Mayapple carpets the forest floor of parks and woodlands you may already walk through each spring, and its bloom window is so...
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Mayapple patches like this one can quietly spread through your shaded garden beds each spring, offering low-maintenance ground...
Mayapple patches in Midwest woodlands and shaded gardens signal a healthy, intact forest understory — spotting one near you...
Mayapple is likely carpeting the forest floor of any wooded park or trail near you right now — and its brief, hidden flower...
Mayapple's spring bloom is a reliable sign that your local forest is waking up, and tracking its appearance over time helps...
Finding a native woodland plant like mayapple thriving in a busy city park shows that urban green spaces can still support...
Community-recorded sightings like this help scientists and conservationists track where native wildflowers like mayapple are...
Surge in mayapple sightings is a real-time signal that spring has arrived in eastern North American woodlands — if you walk...
Mayapple is a native woodland wildflower that can signal the health of local ecosystems — spotting it in a suburban...