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Caragana arborescens
Fruiting Siberian Peashrub. Leaves are compound with 8 to 12 leaflets, lack a terminal leaflet, 3 to 5 inches long, alternate or whorled at the tips of branches and lateral branchlets. Leaflets are 1/2 to 1 inch long, elliptic, rounded at the tip with a minute sharp point at the apex, toothless and stalkless. Fruit is a slender, straight, bean-like pod 1 to 2 inches long that ripens from green to yellow to brown and contains 3 to 6 reddish-brown seeds.
Spotted near the Tamarac Discovery Center. Found in part shade, sun.
Minnesota shrub that is Invasive - eradicate! Siberian Peashrub was commonly planted as a windbreak, for wildlife, and as an ornamental in landscapes.
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