[Barberrys and Oregon Grapes: The Genus Berberis West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Shining Oregongrape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape

Berberis aquifolium

Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium, Berberis nutkana, Mahonia aquifolium, Odostemon aquifolium

Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium, Berberis nutkana, Mahonia aquifolium, Odostemon aquifolium) - Flowers of Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium, Berberis nutkana, Mahonia aquifolium, Odostemon aquifolium)

Shining oregongrape beginning to bloom at the webmaster's Gresham area home..........February 21, 2015 (left) and February 29, 2024 (right).

Inflorescence and pinnately-compound leaf of Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium, Berberis nutkana, Mahonia aquifolium, Odostemon aquifolium)

Shining oregongrape beginning to bloom at the webmaster's Gresham area home..........March 19, 2024.

Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonym: Mahonia aquifolium) - Leaf of Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonym: Mahonia aquifolium)

Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium, Berberis nutkana, Mahonia aquifolium, Odostemon aquifolium) - Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium, Berberis nutkana, Mahonia aquifolium, Odostemon aquifolium)

Shining oregon grape beginning to bloom at left at Linneman Junction in western Gresham, OR..........February 15, 2013. The photo at right shows shining oregon grape in bloom in the webmaster's garden, Gresham, OR......March 21, 2019.

Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium, Berberis nutkana, Mahonia aquifolium, Odostemon aquifolium)

A leaf of what appears to be shining Oregon grape as seen at the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside off US Highway 99 southwest of Cave Junction, Oregon..........April 29, 2012.

Frosty leaf of Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium, Berberis nutkana, Mahonia aquifolium, Odostemon aquifolium)

A frosty leaf of shining oregon grape as seen at Fort Vancouver, Vancouver, WA.........January 1, 2013.
Paul Slichter