Wild barberry bushes bloomed in North Khorasan

Wild barberry bushes bloomed in North Khorasan

Wild barberry bushes bloomed in North Khorasan.
The expert in charge of exploitation of the General Department of Natural Resources and Watershed Management of North Khorasan in this regard said: Barberry is a thorny shrub with a height of one to three meters with fragile branches.
Nosrati added: the height of some samples in favorable environments reaches five square meters.
He pointed to the types of wild and cultivated shrubs of barberry and continued: types of wild barberry shrubs in the slopes and valleys and heights of Bahar and Saluk mountains in Jajarm city, Bozdaghi mountain in Maneh and Samolghan and Khombi and Sara mountains in Garmeh, Misin mountain In Bojnourd and throughout the heights of the border strip of the province as well as the northern and southern slopes of Aladagh Mountain (Jajarm and Maneh Samolghan counties) and grows at altitudes of one thousand and two thousand meters.
Nosrati continued: The flowering time of this plant, depending on its height above sea level, starts from the middle of spring and its fruit is harvested in autumn.
In the end, he pointed out the therapeutic benefits of barberry and added: barberry consumption is effective in treating fever, and fresh barberry juice is used as a mouthwash to strengthen the gums.