Cascara
Frangula purshiana
A modest understory tree with glossy ribbed leaves and dark berries that birds devour, historically harvested for its medicinal bark. Adaptable in sun or deep shade.
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 35–35 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~11 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, OR, WA