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Scientific name:	Berberis morrisonensis (Hayata)

Features:	Berberis morrisonensis are prickly, perennial, deciduous shrubs that are extensively branched; have obovate, sharp-toothed leaves; and fine, long, sharp and prickly nodes. Their flowers turn yellow in the summer, and their fruits and leaves turn from green to flaming red in the autumn. How tall they grow depends upon their environment and climate: they can grow up to 2m high in areas that provide shelter from the wind, such as near tree lines, but less than 1m high if unsheltered and subjected to strong winds. In the cold winter, their leaves will fall while flaming red fruits hang down from barren branches. Indeed, Berberis morrisonensis are winter-hardy plants whose buds always grow in April-May, sprouting up from barren branches even if covered with snow.
Habitat:	Berberis morrisonensis are distributed at 3200m elevations on either exposed ground or scattered amongst other shrubs, such as the Yushania niitakayamensis and the Juniperus Sqyanata Lamb.
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