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Creeping Oregon-grape
Mahonia repens
39.9288, -105.331
Field Notes
Description:
Groups of yellow ball-like flowers on this waxy green-and-red leaved, low-growing ground cover plant. I don't know if these yellow balls will open up to look more like flowers or not. At first, I thought they were berries instead of flowers, but I've never seen yellow berries!
Habitat:
Steep, rocky, scree-covered hillsides with Ponderosa pine and native grasses. Pine trees widely spaced so there was a lot of sun. These ivy-like plants covered a hillside and were full of these yellow blooms.
Notes:
According to Wikipedia, this is a medicinal plant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon-grape
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