I have one common barberry growing up against the northerly stone wall bordering Bryant Road, below my towering sugar maples. I remark upon this graceful shrub's placement, because it has been a long time since Doc Stevens introduced me to this peculiar plant while taking dendrology at University of New Hampshire in the fall of 1961. I thought it to be a native shrub, but now find it was introduced here from Asia, as was the Japanese barberry. Back then, I seem to remember something about Hungary as a stopover for this larger barberry species, but I could be wrong in my recollection. Its Latin name, Berberis vulgaris does seem fitting.

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