RHAMNACEAE - - Buckthorn Family

Frangula caroliniana (Walter) A. Gray — Carolina Buckthorn

Synonym(s): Rhamnus caroliniana Walter

Carolina Buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) - Shrub, or tree becoming 11m tall; leaf-blades elliptic to slightly obovate, 5—12cm long; calyx about 4mm broad; petals about 1/2 as long as the sepals; drupe black (when ripe), 10—11mm in diameter. The bark is medicinal. The light-brown heart-wood, is close-grained, light but rather hard.

Habitat:

Dry to moist barrens, woodlands, and forests, Coastal Plain limestone bluffs and shell middens, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Frangula caroliniana (Carolina Buckthorn)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Frangula caroliniana (Carolina Buckthorn)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.