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Druh:
Berberis vulgaris L.,
Rod:
Berberis (Berberis),
Čeľaď:
Berberidaceae (Berberidaceae),
Skupina:
Krytosemenné dreviny
(Berberis vulgaris L.)
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Genus:
Berberis
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Family:
Berberidaceae
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Group:
Angiosperms
Habitus
it is a shrub up to 3 m tall, branches are straight
bark is smooth, yellow-brown (there is a distinct yellow bast beneath the bark)
bork is longitudinally fissured
Buds
buds are arranged in a spiral, growing in the axils of the thorns
Shoots
shoots are longitudinally grooved, yellow-brown
thorns are formed on long shoots:
simple in the upper part
3 to 7-jointed in the lower part
brachyblasts are formed in the axils of the thorns, from which the leaves grow
Leaves (assimilation organs)
the leaves are simple, oblong-obovate
the margins are sharply to spiny-ciliate, light green, relatively stiff, 3 - 5 x 2 cm in size
the leaves grow in bundles of 2 - 12 on brachyblasts
Flowers
flowers are bisexual, yellow
they are growing from brachyblasts in pendulous multi-flowered racemes
they are flowering in May
Fruits – seeds
the fruit is a red ellipsoid berry, sour, 0.8 – 1.2 cm large
it contains 2 - 3 seeds
it ripens in September
Extension
it is originally widespread almost throughout Europe
in Slovakia from floodplain forests to dry forest-steppe communities with (Quercus pubescens)
Downy oak
it rises to approximately 770 (1,200) m above the sea level
Ecology
it is a light-loving, drought-tolerant shrub
Significance
as a park tree, ornamental with flowers and fruits
it is suitable for hedges
it is an intermediate host for grain rust!
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