buckthorns

You may have seen notices about people working to remove buckthorns - North Park Village Nature Center does this regularly.

Greening America: One Household at a Time - Talking with Susan Agate and Mike Slutsky 2009

American buckthorns are: _Rhamnus purshiana_ or _Cascara sagrada_, of the

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Among the pines grew many oaks, buckthorns, tall manzañitas and the like.

The Rules of the Game Stewart Edward White 1909

Up in the street it has the effect of being done consciously; the buckthorns lean to each other and the drift to them, the little birds run in and out of their appointed ways with the greatest cheerfulness.

The Land of Little Rain 1903

Up in the street it has the effect of being done consciously; the buckthorns lean to each other and the drift to them, the little birds run in and out of their appointed ways with the greatest cheerfulness.

The Land of Little Rain Mary Hunter Austin 1901

Giant thistles, growing to the height of a man on horseback, frequently spread over regions once rich and fruitful, as they do on the pampas of South America; and many of the most interesting historic spats and ruins are rendered almost inaccessible by thickets of fiercely-armed buckthorns.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

The oaks and the buckthorns were (gradually) thinned,

The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 James Legge 1856

The young chef himself is given to plucking tart sea buckthorns from the beach, and pulling up ramps from the forest floor outside of Copenhagen.

TIME.com: Top Stories 2009

The young chef himself is given to plucking tart sea buckthorns from the beach, and pulling up ramps from the forest floor outside of Copenhagen.

TIME.com: Top Stories 2009

The young chef himself is given to plucking tart sea buckthorns from the beach, and pulling up ramps from the forest floor outside of Copenhagen.

TIME.com: Top Stories 2009