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Cascara · Rhamnus purshiana

Description: deciduous tree (to 50 ft.) or shrub (15 ft.) with glossy leaves (pinnate venation prominent). Birds & small mammals eat the blue-black fruit. People harvest the bark to use as a laxative. Vigorous stump sprouter. Common understory plant. Part shade/shade, regular water.