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Osoberry

Oemleria cerasiformis

The Osoberry is a lovely shrub that grows in the wild. It has beautiful green leaves and produces small, tasty berries that many animals enjoy eating.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Osoberry is a deciduous shrub with slender branches and oval, light green leaves that turn yellow in fall. It produces small, drooping clusters of greenish-white flowers in early spring, followed by almond-shaped berries that ripen from green to orange to dark purple.

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Osoberry
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Osoberry

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Crush an Osoberry leaf and it smells surprisingly like cucumbers or watermelon!

Its scientific name, Oemleria, honors a botanist named August Gottlieb Oemler!

Native Americans used its straight, strong wood for making useful tools and arrows.

Osoberry is the ONLY species in its entire plant genus in the world!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Early Bird Bloomer

Osoberry can bloom earlier than most plants, helping it get a head start on attracting hungry pollinators.

Fähigkeit

Berry Chameleon

Osoberry has berries that change color from green to orange to purple, signaling to animals when they are perfectly ripe.

Fähigkeit

Tolerant Pioneer

Osoberry can grow well in disturbed areas or forest edges, helping to colonize new spaces with its strong roots.

Maße und Details

Höhe
200-500 cm
Ausbreitung
150-400 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit
Early spring
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

eats its ripe, purple berries.

eats

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

enjoys the small, juicy fruits.

pollinates

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

visits early spring flowers for nectar.

eats

Steller's Jay

Cyanocitta stelleri

disperses seeds by eating berries.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Indian Plum

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always ask an adult before picking or eating wild berries.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Osoberry?

200-500 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Osoberry?

150-400 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Osoberry?

0.5-1 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Osoberry?

Early spring

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Osoberry?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Osoberry?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Osoberry?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Osoberry?

Insekten

Snap-Karte

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