Berberis vulgaris

Scientific Name: Berberis vulgaris

Common Name: common barberry

Yellow flowers, thorns, and leaves with toothed margins help identify this shrub (non-native and invasive in the U.S.).
Photographer: Jan F Parie, CC BY-NC-SA

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Native and beautiful in Europe (also called European barberry), invasive in the U.S.