Berberis bealei

Classification	Dicots
Family	Berberidaceae
Family (Traditional)	Berberidaceae
Genus	Berberis
Species:	Berberis bealei Fortune
Common Name	Oregon Grape; Leatherleaf Mahonia
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Invasive Rank: TN-IPC Emerging Threat; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Reproductive Phenology: January; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: November; Reproductive Phenology: December; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: dentate; Leaflet Number: 5; Leaflet Number: 7; Leaflet Number: 9; Leaflet Number: 11; Leaflet Number: 13; Leaflet Number: 15; Leaflet Number: 17; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Berry; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: No; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	N/A
Status	Not Native; Invasive
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Blount (TN), Clay (TN), Cumberland (TN), Franklin (TN), Hamilton (TN), Knox (TN), McMinn (TN), Roane (TN), Shelby (TN), Sullivan (TN), Weakley (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, ETSU, HTTU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1998 - 2020

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
APSC0022372	Blount	Tennessee			APSC Berberis bealei
APSC0022370	Roane	Tennessee			APSC Berberis bealei
UCHT042034	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Berberis bealei
SWMT05068	Shelby	Tennessee	24 Apr 2015	E. Jones 7	SWMT Berberis bealei
ETSU013519	Sullivan	Tennessee			ETSU Berberis bealei
APSC0101118	Hamilton	Tennessee			APSC Berberis bealei
UCHT042010	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Berberis bealei
UTM00377	Weakley	Tennessee			UTM Berberis bealei
APSC0051218	Hamilton	Tennessee			APSC Berberis bealei
APSC0099882	Hamilton	Tennessee			APSC Berberis bealei
APSC0099881	Hamilton	Tennessee			APSC Berberis bealei
UCHT042045	McMinn	Tennessee			UCHT Berberis bealei
TENN-V-0245542	Knox	Tennessee	01 Dec 2020	A. Padovani 20-25	TENN Berberis bealei
APSC0045266	Knox	Tennessee			APSC Berberis bealei
UOS01521	Franklin	Tennessee	22 Jul 1998	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Berberis bealei
ETSU013520		Tennessee			ETSU Berberis bealei
APSC0022371	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Berberis bealei
HTTU030878	Clay	Tennessee			HTTU Berberis bealei

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Berberis bealei

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