Berberis darwinii

Frequent along track margins and forest understorey

A unwelcome find in one of our little waste areas. I think we need a bit of a tidy up.

Barberry seedlings continue to pop up at regular intervals on my section. I found a 3m one recently that I pass every day on my rat trap checks - only the trunk is showing with the foliage bent underneath natives. The section was grid-searched in 2011 by the weeds team.

Part of a hedgerow alongside the road

Barberry in flower, a few other bushes in the area had ripe fruit already.

Flowering on bank above walking track

In fruit on roadside bank

Weedy on shrubby bank adjoining cycleway

In scrub around old quarry

Leaves, flowers, fruit (ripe & unripe).

Sprouting from a crack in a pine tree stump, but not looking too healthy.

A group of four or five different plant species sprouting from a crack in a pine tree stump.

Glowing in the evening light.

Flowers and fruit.