Oriental Photinia (Photinia villosa (Thunb.) DC.)
Also known as christmas berry; also classified as Pourthiaea villosa.
↑Summary
A large shrub to small tree native to East Asia, used in landscaping and established in North America mostly in the Mid-Atlantic but also in Washington state.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Introduced | |
| Introduced or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Links & External Resources
• Photinia villosa (Oriental photinia) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Christmas Berry | iNaturalist (About This Site)
• Photinia villosa (Christmas Berry) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Photinia villosa | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Photinia villosa | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Photinia villosa | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Oriental Photinia | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Photinia villosa (Thunb.) DC. (Smooth Oriental Photinia) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
