coffeeberry

Frangula californica

Coffeeberry is a lovely shrub that grows in California. It has shiny green leaves and produces small, dark berries that birds love to eat!

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

Aussehen

The coffeeberry is an evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green leaves and often reddish stems. Its small, greenish-white flowers develop into berries that strikingly change color from green to red, then finally to black.

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coffeeberry

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Coffeeberry berries look like coffee beans but are from a totally different plant!

Coffeeberry shrubs are super tough and can live for many decades in harsh conditions!

Its ripe black berries are a favorite food for many kinds of birds, helping them survive!

Native Americans used coffeeberry bark and leaves for traditional medicines and dyes.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Coffeeberry can survive dry spells because its tough, leathery leaves lose less water, helping it thrive in arid places.

This plant has evergreen leaves that stay green all year, letting it make food from sunlight even in winter.

Coffeeberry berries change color from red to black to show birds they are ripe and ready to eat, attracting helpers to spread seeds.

Its tiny, nectar-rich flowers attract many different insects, helping them pollinate other plants too!

Maße und Details

Höhe: 100-500 cm
Ausbreitung: 100-300 cm
Blütengröße: 0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit: Spring to early summer
Essbar: Nein
Giftigkeit: Leicht
Lebenszyklus: Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

California Thrasher

Toxostoma redivivum

Feeds on ripe coffeeberry fruit.

pollinates

European Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Visits tiny flowers for nectar and pollen.

shelters

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Finds cover in its dense branches.

Merkmale

Zierpflanze

Zierpflanzen werden hauptsächlich wegen ihres ästhetischen Reizes angebaut und verschönern Landschaften und Gärten mit ihrem attraktiven Laub, ihren Blüten oder ihrer Form.

Strauch

Ein Strauch ist eine verholzende Pflanze, die kleiner als ein Baum ist und typischerweise mehrere Stämme hat, die sich ab oder nahe dem Boden verzweigen.