Rhamnus frangula

Alder Buckthorn; Alder Dogwood; Arrow Wood; Black Dogwood; Dog Wood; European Buckthorn; Frangula Bark; Glossy Buckthorn

?Buckthorn Alder Buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rhamnaceae Genus: Rhamnus L. Species See text. The Buckthorns Rhamnus are a genus (or two genera, if Frangula is treated as distinct) of about 100 species of shrubs or small trees from 1-10 m tall (rarely to 15 m), in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. They are native throughout the temperate and subtrop ...