"Butcher's Broom" redirects here. For the novel by Neil M. Gunn, see Butcher's Broom (novel).
Butcher's-broom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Nolinoideae
Genus:
Ruscus
Species:
R. aculeatus
Binomial name
Ruscus aculeatus
L.
Synonyms[1]
Oxymyrsine pungens Bubani
Ruscus flexuosus Mill.
Ruscus laxus Sm.
Ruscus parasiticus Gueldenst.
Ruscus ponticus Woronow
Ruscus aculeatus, known as butcher's-broom,
[2]
is a low evergreen dioecious Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves. Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes. The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are bird-distributed, but the plant also spreads vegetatively by means of rhizomes. It is native to Eurasia and some northern parts of Africa.
[3]Ruscus aculeatus occurs in woodlands and hedgerows, where it is tolerant of deep shade, and also on coastal cliffs. Likely due to its attractive winter/spring color, Ruscus aculeatus has become a fairly common landscape plant.
[3]
It is also widely planted in gardens, and has spread as a garden escapee in many areas outside its native range. The plant grows well in zones 7 to 9 on the USDA hardiness zone map.
[3]
The Latin specific epithet aculeatus means "prickly".[4]
^The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 5 August 2017
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
Ruscusaculeatus, known as butcher's-broom, is a low evergreen dioecious Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of...
resemble or perform the function of leaves, as in Butcher's broom (Ruscusaculeatus) as well as Phyllanthus and some Asparagus species. By an alternative...
woodland include service-tree (Sorbus torminalis) butcher's-broom (Ruscusaculeatus) and drooping sedge (Carex pendula). The pollarded trees allowed light...
suber, Pinus pinaster, Pinus pinea, Hedera hibernica, Viburnum tinus, Ruscusaculeatus, Pteridium aquilinum, one of the most representative vegetative formations...
are on wing in June and July. The larvae feed on butcher's broom (Ruscusaculeatus), mining the fruit. "Acrolepiopsis marcidella (Curtis, 1850)". Fauna...
found in these forests are the hawthorn, barberry, butcher's broom (Ruscusaculeatus), Viburnum tinus, ivy, and Daphne laureola. It forms dense and dark...
tawny owl and great cormorant. Lamium galeobdolon, Galium odoratum and Ruscusaculeatus grow in the beech woods and these are considered to be indicators of...
hawthorn, blackthorn, wild apple, pear and strawberry trees, erica, Ruscusaculeatus and numerous others. The berry vegetation allows the presence of a...
Gannick. Possible ancient woodland indicators such as butcher's-broom (Ruscusaculeatus), wood spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides) and wood small-reed (Calamagrostis...
with black bryony, flowering currant, horseradish, butcher's broom (Ruscusaculeatus), bluebells (blue, pink and white), Aquilegia and other several other...
The undergrowth is characterized by species such as butcher's broom (Ruscusaculeatus), stinging asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius), spring cyclamen (Cyclamen...
uniflora Milium effusum Luzula pilosa Moehringia trinervia Calluna Ruscusaculeatus Xylaria polymorpha Wikimedia Commons has media related to McIlroy Park...
Tree (Arbutus andrachne), as well as shrubs like Cistus tauricus, Ruscusaculeatus, and Hedera taurica The reserve has been designated an Important Bird...
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