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Creeping barberry - creeping Oregon grape
Botanical Name: Mahonia repens
Can be used in these types of LID features:
- Vegetated swales and large-scale features - YES
- Bioretention cells/ rain gardens/small-scale features - YES
- Green roofs - YES
Location in feature: Upland, Slope
Plant characteristics:
- Native Status: Native
- Height: 1-2' shrub
- Mature shape or form: Multiple stems, spreading habit
- Flowering time: Mid-Spring
- Flower color: Yellow
- Moderate potential to be weedy or invasive
- Moderate commercial availability
Water issues:
- Annual water requirement (in inches): 15-45
- Drainage requirement: Requires good drainage
- Poor tolerance of prolonged saturation
- Poor tolerance of periodic flooding
Soil texture adaptation:
- Poorly adapted to clay or fine-textured soils
- Highly adapted to medium-textured soils
- Poorly adapted to coarse-textured soils
Other tolerances:
- High drought tolerance
- Poor salinity tolerance
- L/M wind tolerance
- High shade tolerance
Maintenance requirement: Forms groundcover by creeping growwth. Can invade adjacent land if not controlled.
Notes: Creeping habit; stoloniferous growth; evergreen; berries provide wildlife food source