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Alder Leaf Buckthorn

Endotropis alnifolia

Found in northern forests and fens, southward in mafic or calcareous (dolomitic) seeps, usually with Parnassia grandifolia. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Modest

Native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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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.

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 4 Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

Mountain bogs and fens

Wet, open, peaty mountain wetlands fed by seepage, often with sphagnum moss.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Rhamnaceae
Also known as

American Buckthorn

Conservation status

Virginia rankS1
Global rankNot available
VA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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