B100 



OREGON-GRAPE 



Odoste'mon aquifo'lium, syns. Ber'beris aguifo'lium, Maho'nia aguifo'lium 



Leaves compound with 5 to 1 1 leaflets, 

 evergreen 



Flowers yellow, small, about % to X in. 

 broad, borne in dense, many-flowered 

 clusters (racemes) about 2 to 4 in. long 



Leaflets leathery, dark green and 

 glossy-shining above, pale green and dull 

 beneath, net-veined, oblong or oblong- 

 egg-shaped, 1 to 4 in. long, coarsely 

 toothed; teeth with strong spines 



Petals 6, in 2 overlapping rows 



Stamens 6, opposite petals; stalks 

 (filaments) with 2 recurved teeth near 

 the top 



Sepals 6, petal-like, yellow, in 2 rows, 

 subtended by 3 small bracts 



Berries blue with a whitish bloom, 

 round to pear-shaped, small 



Stem mostly erect, branched, usually 1 

 to 6 (sometimes 10) ft. high; wood yellow 



Oregon-grape, the State flower of Oregon, is an attractive ever- 

 green shrub with erect or branched stems usually from. 1 to 6 

 (occasionally up to 10) feet tall. Capt. Meriwether Lewis, of the 

 Lewis and Clark expedition, discovered this handsome plant in April 

 1806 at the Great Rapids or Cascades of the Columbia River, near 

 what is now Cascade Locks, Oreg. In his journal Lewis referred to 

 Oregon-grape as "mountain holly", probably because of the simi- 



l.ilh. A. Hoen & Co. 



