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Frangula alnus, commonly known as alder buckthorn, glossy buckthorn, or breaking buckthorn, is a tall deciduous shrub in the family Rhamnaceae. Unlike other "buckthorns", alder buckthorn does not have thorns. It is native to Europe, northernmost Africa, and western Asia, from Ireland and Great Britain north to the 68th parallel in Scandinavia, east to central Siberia and Xinjiang in western China, and south to northern Morocco, Turkey, and the Alborz in Iran and Caucasus Mountains; in the northwest of its range (Ireland, Scotland), it is rare and scattered. It is also introduced and naturalised in eastern North America.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Shrub
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Frangula
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 3-8
- Mature Height
- 3.05 m to 7.01 m
- Mature Spread
- 2.44 m to 3.66 m
- Leaf Color
- Green, Yellow, Red
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Green, Yellow
- Flower Size
- 0.25 cm to 0.51 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Early summer
- Planting Time
- Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer
- Native Area
- Turkey, Sweden, Austria, Morocco, Belarus, Iraq, Germany, Estonia, Romania, Latvia, Belgium, Moldova, Portugal, Netherlands, France, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Armenia, Poland, Greece, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Serbia, China, Lithuania, Norway, Syria, Italy, Kazakhstan, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Albania, Ireland, United Kingdom, Hungary, Algeria, Azerbaijan
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Glossy buckthorn en Alder Buckthorn en Frangula en Glossy False Buckthorn en Ponjemiestâ en Breaking Buckthorn en European Alder Buckthorn en Butcher's Frick Tree en La Bourdaine en False Buckthorn en Sangrinheira en Fragile Alder Buckthorn en Fragile False Buckthorn en Alder Frangula en Draighean Fearna en Fragile Buckthorn
