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alder buckthorn

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alder buckthorn
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
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Noun1.alder buckthorn - small tree common in Europealder buckthorn - small tree common in Europe          
alder dogwood, Rhamnus frangula
buckthorn - a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
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Grow common bird's-foot trefoil for the common blue' nettles (in a pot to restrain growth) for caterpillars of the red admiral, the comma and also several kinds of moth' and buckthorn and alder buckthorn for brimstone butterfly caterpillars.
YourLIFE: 8 ways to create a butterfly haven; AS THEIR NATURAL ... by The Mirror (London, England)
On calcareous soils this is the purging buckthorn while on moist acid soils it is alder buckthorn.
Butter flies take flight; Down to earth with Mr Moon by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Grow common bird's-foot trefoil for the common blue' nettles (in a pot to restrain growth) for caterpillars of the red admiral, the comma and also several kinds of moth' and buckthorn and alder buckthorn for brimstone butterfly caterpillars.
YourLIFE: 8 ways to create a butterfly haven; AS THEIR NATURAL ... by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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