Mahonia aquifolium - Oregon grape

Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium) is an evergreen shrub native to western North America, its tart blue-black berries edible raw or cooked and its roots used medicinally as a bitter tonic.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Full shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Ground cover¹
• Wildlife habitat¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Mahonia aquifolium | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 50 seconds ↩