Standard English Name(s): dull Oregon-grape
Local English Name(s) (if different from above): short Oregon-grape
Scientific Name(s): Mahonia nervosa (Pursh) Nutt.
Upriver Halkomelem Name(s): th'o:lth'iyulhp
Downriver Halkomelem Name(s): luluc'ulhp
Island Halkomelem Name(s): luluc'ulhp

Description, Habitat, Ecology, & Distribution:
      Dull Oregon-grape is a small shrub that like its close relative - tall Oregon-grape - produces yellow flowers and blue berries. The dull Oregon-grape is shorter and grows in a variety of forest conditions ranging from dry to fairly moist and at low to middle elevations in the southern coast region. As with the tall Oregon-grape, the leaves of dull Oregon-grape have spiny teeth at their edges, somewhat like those of English holly (Ilex aquifolium).

Upriver Halkomelem Cultural Role(s):
     A tea made from this plant is used as a spring tonic and stomach medicine. The fruit is used for making jam and jelly.
Downriver Halkomelem Cultural Role(s):
     The fruits were eaten.
Island Halkomelem Cultural Role(s):
      A decoction of Oregon-grape roots is used as an eyewash for swollen eyes and as an arthritis medicine.