Buckthorn, Cascara, Cascara Buckthorn, Chittam, False Buckthorn
Rhamnus purshiana
Synonyms: Frangula purshiana, Frangula purshiana ssp. annonifolia, Frangula purshiana ssp. purshiana
Newly emerged leaves of cascara observed along the service road out to the beach at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon Coast.......April 20, 2019.
Close-ups of the axillary flower clusters of cascara as seen east of Palmblad Avenue along the Springwater Trail, about mile east of Gresham, OR........May 21, 2011 Note the ribbed venation of the simple, pinnate leaf.
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Close-ups of the axillary flower clusters of cascara as seen east of Palmblad Avenue along the Springwater Trail, about mile east of Gresham, OR........May 21, 2011.
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Flowering cascara as seen at the Bandon Marsh Unit of Bandon Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, several miles north of Bandon, Oregon.......April 18, 2016.
Cascara as seen along the Springwater Trail about one-quarter mile east of the southeastern corner of Powell Butte, to the west of Gresham, OR.........May 23, 2011.
Close-up of a flower of cascara.
Close-ups of the fruits and leaves of cascara as seen along the Springwater Trail about one mile east of Gresham, OR.........October 11, 2010.
Paul Slichter