Frangula alnus

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

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

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