Carolina Buckthorn

Specimen tree, can also be containerized, hedge plant, patio plant, or median plant.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Eaten and dispersed by birds, especially songbirds.

Moist deciduous forests, shell middens, calcareous woods.

• Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
• Pollinated by insects
• Larvel host for eastern tiger swallowtail