[The Barberry Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Oregon Grapes West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Berberis

Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium, Berberis nutkana, Mahonia aquifolium, Odostemon aquifolium) - Creeping Oregon Grape, Creeping Oregon-grape, Low Oregon Grape: Berberis repens (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. repens, Berberis nana, Berberis sonnei, Mahonia repens, Mahonia sonnei, Odostemon repens)

Above, find a comparison of the leaves of shining Oregon grape (Berberis aquifolium) and creeping Oregon grape (Berberis repens) as photographed in the webmaster's Gresham, OR garden......March 13, 2025.

Shining Oregon Grape, Shining Oregon-grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Tall Oregongrape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape: Berberis aquifolium (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium, Berberis nutkana, Mahonia aquifolium, Odostemon aquifolium) -

Darwin's Barberry, Darwin's Berberis: Berberis darwinii -

Wintergreen Berberis: Berberis julianae -

Cascade Oregon Grape, Cascade Oregon-grape, Dull Oregongrape, Long-leaved Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa (Synonyms: Berberis nervosa var. mendocinensis, Mahonia nervosa, Mahonia nervosa var. mendocinensis, Mahonia nervosa var. nervosa, Odostemon nervosus) -

California Barberry: Berberis pinnata ssp. pinnata (Synonyms: Mahonia pinnata, Mahonia pinnata ssp. pinnata) -

Piper's Barberry, Piper's Oregon Grape: Berberis piperiana (Synonym: Mahonia piperiana) -

Pygmy Oregon Grape, Dwarf Western Barberry: Berberis pumila (Synonym: Mahonia pumila) -

Creeping Oregon Grape, Creeping Oregon-grape, Low Oregon Grape: Berberis repens (Synonyms: Berberis aquifolium var. repens, Berberis nana, Berberis sonnei, Mahonia repens, Mahonia sonnei, Odostemon repens) - Uncommon west of the Cascades where it's found only at a few locations (probably more accurate to say the west slope of the Cascades).

Japanese Barberry: Berberis thunbergii -

Common Berberis, Jaundice Berry, Pipage: Berberis vulgaris - Non-native and not naturalized.


Pygmy Oregon Grape, Dwarf Western Barberry: Berberis pumila (Synonym: Mahonia pumila)

Dwarf western barberry: Berberis pumila

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