Species: Mahonia repens

Creeping Oregon-grape

Species

Plants

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Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Anthophyta

Class

Dicotyledoneae

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Berberidaceae

Genus

Mahonia

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Creeping Barberry - Creeping Mahonia - creeping barberry - mahonia rampant

Informal Taxonomy

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Barberry Family

Formal Taxonomy

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Ranunculales - Berberidaceae - Mahonia - Kartesz (1994 'Synonymized Checklist' and 1999 'Synthesis of the North American Flora') includes Mahonia (or Berberis) sonnei in Mahonia (or Berberis) repens here; USFWS recognizes the 'sonnei' taxon as a distinct species. LEM 18Feb01.

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description

Perennial evergreen ground cover plant with spreading rhizomes. Clustered flowers are yellow and produce edible purple fruits.

Ecology Comments

Berries and leaves are browsed by ungulates and rodents (Tilford 1998). Also, provides significant forage for the white-footed vole in coastal Oregon (Vance et al. in press). This plant aerates and stabilizes soils.

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

2003-02-28

Global Status Last Changed

1986-02-19

Other Status

Formerly considered to have partial USESA status because Mahonia sonnei was listed, however M. sonnei was delisted Oct. 2003 because it is not believed to be distinct from M. repens by FWS, so M. repens is no longer considered to have partial status.

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

Mahonia repens ranges from British Columbia and Alberta, Canada and south through California, west to Texas and North Dakota, U.S.

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