Buckthorn

Glossy buckthorn

  • shrub or small tree
  • greyish brown bark with white horizontal lines
  • shiny, dark green leaves with prominent veins
  • leaves mostly alternate
  • yellow sapwood (scratch the bark to see)

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Common buckthorn

  • shrub or small tree
  • dark grey bark
  • dark green, oval leaves with three or four pairs of curving veins and a somewhat folded tip
  • leaves mostly opposite
  • twigs usually tipped with a sharp spine
  • yellow sapwood (scratch the bark to see)

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NH Fact Sheet: Buckthorn