Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon grape)

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Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

Oregon grape, hollyleaved barberry

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Berberis aquifolium Pursh
Berberis aquifolium Pursh var. aquifolium
Berberis piperiana (Abrams) McMinn
Mahonia piperiana Abrams
Odostemon aquifolium (Pursh) Rydb.

4/7/2012 · Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 27 cm)

6/2/2009 · Temple of Sinawava, Riverside Walk, Zion National Park, Utah · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (51 × 34 cm) ID is uncertain

4/7/2012 · Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland · ≈ 8 × 10″ (20 × 26 cm)

4/7/2012 · Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland · ≈ 1 × 1′ (34 × 41 cm)

4/7/2012 · Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland · ≈ 6 × 8″ (14 × 20 cm)

4/7/2012 · Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, Maryland · ≈ 9 × 14″ (23 × 35 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Magnoliidae	Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others
Order	Ranunculales	Basal (evolved earlier) eudicots, also called “true dicots”
Family	Berberidaceae	Barberry family
Genus	Mahonia	After the Irish-born horticulturist Bernard McMahon (sometimes spelled M’Mahon) (1775-1816), described as a botanist and seedsman who came to the U.S. in 1796 and was a nurseryman in Philadelphia
Species	aquifolium	The classical name for holly, now under the genus Ilex, but applied to the holly family as Aquifoliaceae

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Mahonia aquifolium description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.