DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Italian Buckthorn (Rhamnus alaternus)
Potential Distribution | Invasive Assessment | Impact Assessment
| Scientific name: | Rhamnus alaternus L. |
Common Name: | Italian Buckthorn |
Status: | Not declared noxious in Victoria. |
Habitat: | Tolerant of drought frost and salt spray, Rhamnus alaternus is reported to invade dune systems, escarpments and other dry coastal vegetation, lowland grassland, woodland, dry sclerophyll forest, heath, riparian vegetation, rock outcrop vegetation and plantations (Blood 2001; Carr, Yugovic & Robinson 1992; Muyt 2001; Webb, Sykes & Garnock-Jones 1988). |
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