Plants Profile for Mahonia pinnata insularis (island barberry)

General Information
Symbol:	MAPII
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Berberidaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Vine
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, CA, Davis, University of California Davis Arboretum. February 4, 2002. Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, CA, Berkeley, University of California Berkeley Botanical Garden. March 24, 2004. Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, CA, Berkeley, Regional Parks Botanic Garden at Tilden. June 5, 2003. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Santa Barbara Co., Channel Islands National Park, Santa Cruz Island, Central Valley. April 18, 2008. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
BEPII	Berberis pinnata Lag. ssp. insularis Munz

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Berberidaceae – Barberry family
Genus	Mahonia Nutt. – barberry
Species	Mahonia pinnata (Lag.) Fedde – wavyleaf barberry
Subspecies	Mahonia pinnata (Lag.) Fedde ssp. insularis (Munz) J.B. Roof – island barberry

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
United States: Berberis pinnata ssp. insularis island barberry Endangered
California island barberry Endangered

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Michigan Mahonia Prohibited ¹
¹bushes subject to attack by black stem rust are prohibited

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status