Plant
Oregon Grape
Berberis aquifolium
Photo: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Names
Mountain Holly
Habitat
Cascade Locks
Conservation
Apparently secure
First Observed
1806-04-11
Observed At
Cascades of the Columbia River, Hood River County, Oregon
Common in understory of Douglas Fir forests. Now widely cultivated and wild collected for herbal medicine preparations.
Journal References
15 journal entries mention Oregon Grape
Aug
5
1804
Clark: August 5, 1804
... is washed down and lodges on the
pointsGreat quantites of Grapes on the banks, I observe three
different Kinds at this time ripe, one Of the no. is large & has th...
Aug
25
1804
Clark: August 25, 1804
...all grove
here we got Great quantities of the best largest grapes I ever tasted,
Some Blue Currents still on the bushes, and two kind of Plumbs, one the
Common wi...
Aug
26
1804
Clark: August 26, 1804
... Sergeant Vice
Floyd Dicesed, Geathered great quantites of Grapes & three Kinds of
Plumbs, one yellow round, & one ovel, & the Common wild Plumb.
Misquetors bad t...
Sep
3
1804
Clark: September 3, 1804
... of 3 Kinds which I intend to
Send to my brother, also Som grapes of a Superior quallity large &
well flavoured, the river is riseing a little, Several wild Goats ...
Sep
11
1804
Clark: September 11, 1804
...ave Starvd. he was 12 days without provision, Subsisting on Grapes at
the Same the Buffalow, would Come within 30 yards of his Camp, one of his
horses gave out & h...
Sep
14
1804
Clark: September 14, 1804
..., (the place
that Shannon the man who went a head lived on grapes) Some heavy Showers
of rain all wet, had the Goat & rabit Stufed rained all night
Sep
15
1804
Clark: September 15, 1804
...ed the Mouth of a
creek on the L S. where Shannon lived on grapes waiting for Mr. Clintens
boat Supposeing we had went on, Capt Lewis and my Self halted at the mou...
Sep
18
1804
Clark: September 18, 1804
...rcupin
rabits & Barking Squirils in this quarter. Plumbs & grapes.
Sep
23
1804
Clark: September 23, 1804
...on wood, a red berry Called by the French "grise de
buff," Grapes &c. the river is wide Streight & contains a great
numr of Sand bars, (4) passed a Small Creek on ...
Oct
13
1804
Clark: October 13, 1804
...on the L. S I call
Pocasse, we observed great quantites of grapes, a fine Breez from S E
Camped on the L. S. Some rain thus evening, we formed a Court Martial of 7...
Oct
29
1804
Clark: October 29, 1804
...pal Chief and he
is out on a hunting party. we Send by the Grape all the articles for this
grand Chief and all the Village what goods was intended for that Village...
Jun
8
1805
Lewis: June 8, 1805
Saturday June 8th 1805 It continued to rain moderately all last night this morning was cloudy untill about ten oClock when it cleared off and...
Aug
6
1805
Lewis: August 6, 1805
... came up the Missouri and subsisted 9 days of that time on
grapes only. Whitehouse is in much pain this evening with the injury one
of his legs sustained from the ...
Jan
27
1806
Clark: January 27, 1806
...e
fruit, or about the Size of the Seed of the Common Small grape. the berry
when grown and unripe is not Specked as the Solomon's seal Berry is; this
last haveing...
Jan
27
1806
Lewis: January 27, 1806
...he
fruit or about the size of the seed of the common small grape. this berry
when grown and unripe is not speckled as that of the Solomon's seal berry
is; this la...