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ninebarks
Physocarpus
Physocarpus, commonly called ninebark, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae. All but two species are native to North America; the two outliers being native to northeastern Asia.
The genus name Physocarpus comes from the Greek for "bladder fruit", referring to the inflated fruits of some species. The common name 'ninebark' refers to the peeling bark of mature branches, which comes away in strips.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common ninebark
speciesPhysocarpus opulifolius
Pacific ninebark
speciesPhysocarpus capitatus
mallow-leaf ninebark
speciesPhysocarpus malvaceus
mountain ninebark
speciesPhysocarpus monogynus
Midwestern ninebark
speciesPhysocarpus intermedius
nevada ninebark
speciesPhysocarpus alternans
Asian Ninebark
speciesPhysocarpus amurensis
Physocarpus ribesifolius
speciesPhysocarpus ribesifolius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57251.