The fruits, resembling elongated red berries, are called the lemon of the North because 100 grams contain as much as 80 mg of vitamin C. Barberry grows naturally on the edges of Polish mixed forests.

December’s Weed of the Month is Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii). This species is a specially regulated plant on Minnesota’s Noxious Weed list.

Japanese barberry, a woody shrub in the Berberidaceae family ... Hanging the plants by the roots allows the plant to dry out and die before decomposing. However, if the shrub contains berries, remove ...