| Scientific Name: | Berberis aquifolium ( syn. Mahonia aquifolium ) |
| Common Name: | Oregon grape |
| Family Name: | Berberidaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Mixed shrub border, Security/barrier, Wildlife food, Winter interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Leathery, Prickly, Glabrous, Lustrous, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Dentate, Spinose, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Blue, Violet, Black, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Native evergreen shrub; leaves alternate, most 15-25cm long x 10-15cm wide, pinnately compound with (5-)7(-9) sessile leaflets (reminiscent of holly leaves), most 6-9cm long x 3-4cm wide, margin spinose, dark green, glossy; racemes of showy yellow florets 8-12mm wide; berries in grape-like clusters, blue-violet, , glaucous, ovoid-round, 6-9mm wide. | |