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Hippophae rhamnoides
Common Sea-buckthorn branches are dense and stiff, and very thorny. The leaves are a distinct pale silvery-green, lanceolate, 3-8 cm long and less than 7 mm broad. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. The brownish male flowers produce wind-distributed pollen. It is a non-legume nitrogen fixer.
Usually found near the coast forming thickets on fixed dunes and sea cliffs. It ranges from Europe, including Britain, from Norway south and east to Spain and Asia to Japan and the Himalayas.
Spotted on Nov 19, 2008
Submitted on Jun 30, 2011
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