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Carolina buckthorn is a dainty little tree that rarely exceeds 30 ft (9 m) in height. Most specimens are only 10-15 ft (3-4.5 m) tall. The young twigs are reddish pubescent, becoming gray and smooth as they age. The branches are slender and spreading. The deciduous leaves are alternate and elliptic, 2-6 in (5-15 cm) long and 1-2 in (2.5-5 cm) wide. The leaves are very distinctive: They are bright and shiny, and the 8-10 pairs of prominent leaf veins are conspicuously parallel until they reach the leaf margin, where they curve and follow the margin for a short distance. The flowers are tiny and rather inconspicuous, but the fruits are showy. They are round berry-like drupes about a 0.3 in (1 cm) diameter that start out red and then turn black as they ripen. The ripe fruits are juicy and sweet. The leaves turn yellow in fall.
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Carolina buckthorn is rarely found in cultivation and that is a pity. It's a pretty little tree, with its lustrous bright green leaves, turning yellow in fall, and clusters of showy red and black berries. If you can find it in a native plant nursery, Carolina buckthorn will make a fine small specimen tree in a woodland garden or in a mixed shrub border. Let Carolina buckthorn naturalize in a native plant garden. It will be happy in the semi-shaded understory of larger trees.
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