Berberis pumila is a species of shrub native to Oregon and northern California. It is found in open woods and rocky areas at an altitude of 300–1,200 m (980–3,940 ft) in the Coast Ranges, the northern Sierra Nevada and the southern Cascades, often on serpentine soils.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Berberis |
| Species: | B. pumila
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| Berberis pumila | |
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Berberis pumila is evergreen, rarely more than 40 cm tall. It has compound leaves and dark blue berries.[2][4]
The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.[2][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Berberis pumila". NatureServe Explorer Berberis pumila. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d Flora of North America, vol 3
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ Greene, Edward Lee. Pittonia 2(10A): 161–162. 1891.
- ^ Loconte, H., & J. R. Estes. 1989. Phylogenetic systematics of Berberidaceae and Ranunculales (Magnoliidae). Systematic Botany 14:565-579.
- ^ Marroquín, Jorge S., & Joseph E. Laferrière. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 30(1):53-55.
- ^ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Bot. Zhurn. 82(9):96-99.