Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source
Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.
Photographs are not available yet.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
11CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY
Genus host records with ranges including KY · Berberis
- Bleptina caradrinalisBent-Winged Owlet, Variable Snout
- Callosamia prometheaPromethea Silkmoth, Promethea Moth
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
- Omphalocera cariosaMoonseed Webworm
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
- Rheumaptera meadiiBarberry Geometer, Barberry Looper
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
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- Triphosa haesitataTissue Moth, Brown Tissue
3BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Berberis
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
3BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Berberis
- Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
- Perdix perdixGray Partridge
- Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a–8b
- Soil pH
- Neutral
- Flower color
- Yellow
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “Yellow” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Hardiness · “Zones 4a–8b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Height · “3–6 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Leaves · “Deciduous” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Life cycle · “Woody perennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day); Partial shade (direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Soil · “Moist; Occasionally dry” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Soil pH · “Neutral” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Spread · “3–8 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Also known as
Canada Barberry
Conservation status
| Kentucky rank | S1 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G3G4 |
| KY status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- tnky_atlas
- usda
- nc_flora
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications