Family: Rosaceae
Atlantic nine-bark, common ninebark
[Opulaster alabamensis Rydb., more...]
Janice Stiefel
Kenneth J. Sytsma
Etymology: Physocarpus: from Greek phusa or physa, "bladder," and karpos, "fruit," thus "bladdery fruit"
Plants: perennial shrub
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial shrub
Conservation Status: Native
Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 6, Wetland Indicator = FACW- USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos University of Wisconsin - Green Bay: Shrubs: Photos, descriptions, information USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Images of seeds, fruits, embryos, etc. Virginia Tech Dept. of Forestry, College of Natural Resources: detailed description and photographs Southwest School of Botanical Medicine: Britton & Brown Illustrated Flora - 2nd Edition (1913) "An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada" Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest; UW-Extension: Interactive guide providing information on cultivation including: soil, zone, growth rate, landscape uses, pruning, light requirements; with photos and Latin name pronounciation
Kenneth J. Sytsma
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Janice Stiefel
Matthew L. Wagner
Matthew L. Wagner
Matthew L. Wagner
Derek Anderson
Stephen L. Solheim
Christopher Noll
Robert W. Freckmann
James R. Sime
Matthew L. Wagner
Matthew L. Wagner
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Robert Bierman
from USDA Plants website
